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Pastor's Hand Book 



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Communion Helps 

O? E.^MALLORY, A. M. 

Worcester, Mass. 



L.'BriAfiYof CC^^GRE:SS 

Two Copies Received 

Strl5 1906 

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CLa€s Ct Xac, No, 

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Entered, according to Acts of Congress, 1906, by 

O. E. MALLORY. 

In the OflSce of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C, 



Affectionately Dedicated 

To MY YoinsTGER Brethren in the Ministry 

0. E. MALLORY 

AUTHOR OF 
^'Sabbath Afternoon with the Children'' and "Lips Touched luith Fire'* 



PREFACE. 

A simple glance will reveal the intent of this little book. 
In addition to all that is essential to a pastor's hand-book, 
we present as a special feature twenty-four lesson helps 
for communion service. 

The communion service, the most sacred and important 
of all the services of the church, is too often approached 
in a careless manner, without thought and due preparation. 
The result is to lose the highest blessing of the service, 
and subtract from it the chief power to rouse the mind, 
quicken thought, and stimulate devotion. 

The pastor's life is so burdened with work and care 
that some things will be neglected, and if not careful he 
will find himself slighting where he can least afford it. 

The communion service is most important of all, and 
should not be left to formality and cold platitudes. 

We have sought in the following lessons simply to help the 
pastor in his haste to turn quickly to some fitting theme 
for leading the thoughts of God's people at the table. 
The matter is condensed for a brief talk, or may be easily 
extended to a sermon for the occasion. 

The book is just such an one as the author would have 
been glad to have found in his earlier ministry, and after 
more than forty years of service he would like to help 
his younger brethren in their varied pastoral duties. 

The writer does not believe that the supper should 
hurriedly supplement any other service, but should have 
the dignity of a service by itself. , 

We commend this little book to our brethren in the 
ministry, trusting it may prove an opportune blessing. 

O. E. M. 



Xessons for tbe Xor^'0 (Tabic* 



LESSON I. 

ABEL^S OFFERING. 

Hymn. "My faith looks up to Thee, 
Thou Lamb of Calvary/' 

Scripture, Gen. 4: 3-10. 

3. *And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought 
of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah. 

4. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the 
fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering, 

5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And 
Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 

6. And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why a;rt thou wroth? and 
why is thy countenance fallen? 

7. If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest 
not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; 
but do thou rule over it. 

8. And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when 
they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and 
slew him. 

9. And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? 
And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? 

10. And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's 
blood crieth unto me from the ground. 



* American Standard revision. 



8 Abel's offering 

AbeFs altar stands in close proximity to the cross. 
The faith of Abel bridges the centuries and sees the bleed- 
ing Lamb of Calvary, and so ^^ obtains witness that he 
was righteous, God testifying of his gift/' 

His altar, dripping with blood, spoke of another altar 
across the centuries, on which God's only Son was offered 
and hope given to the world. If we were to go back 
and stand by these altars, we would see the history of the 
race epitomized. They both would worship. 

The race has always shown a disposition to worship. 
The broken soul in its ruin still seeks for an altar, and 
sighs for rest. 

Cain, the formalist, has ever been bringing the fruit of 
his owTi hands, determined that God should accept what 
He has declared He never would accept, and trying to 
find peace where God has never promised peace. God 
can only turn His back on such an offering, ''for unto 
Cain and to his offering He had not respect. " All religions 
where Christ and -the blood are wanting, are represented 
by Cain's sacrifice. The followers of Cain have ever been 
stretching their hands across an altar where no blood 
is seen, and consequently where no fire from heaven falls. 

The Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering, 
for it was the offering of blood, and so the offering of 
faith, the hint and hope of mercy in the atoning blood 
of Jesus Christ. Abel and his altar may represent the 
children of faith through all the centuries. To such, God 
has shown respect, in answers of pardon and peace. 

We see in the two brothers the results of true and false 
religions, as they have been witnessed by the world through 



OFFERING OF ISAAC. 9 

all generations. False religion has its spring of life in 
the creature, and so has ever been persecuting the children 
of faith. 

Abel was the first martyr to his faith. Cain's religion 
had no power to purify his heart, but the rather to stir 
up all the demoniacal power within him, to turn on his 
brother with bitter persecution. 

The bleeding lamb on Abel's altar must only point 
forward to the bloody Lamb on Calvary. Abel represents 
the suffering church through all the ages, which has its 
long line of martyrs who have perished beside their altars. 

Hymn. "In the cross of Christ I glory, 

Towering o'er the wrecks of time/' 



LESSON 11. 

OFFERING OF ISAAC. 

Hymn. "My Jesus as thou wilt, 

O may my vnh be thine." 

ScRiPTUHE. Gen. 22: 1-8. 

1. And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove 
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said. Here am I. 

2. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou 
lovest, even Isaac, and get thee unto the land of Moriah; and offer 
him there for a hurntH^ffering upon one of the mountains which I 
will tell thee of. 

3. And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his 
ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; 



10 OFFERING OF ISAAC. 

and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and 
went unto the place of which God had told him. 

4. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the 
place afar off. 

5. And Abraham said unto his young men. Abide ye here with 
the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, 
and come again to you. 

6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid 
it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; 
and they went both of them together. 

7. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My 
father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold, 
the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? 

8. And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for 
a bumt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together. 

From the summit of Moimt Moriah we have another fore- 
gleam of Calvary. Abraham is simimoned of God to offer his 
son a sacrifice. That sacrifice was to be a type of God's 
greater sacrifice of his only Son for the sins of the v/orld. 

Isaac is a wonderful type of Jesus, the Christ. He was the 
only son, the well beloved son, a son through whom great 
promises had been made. It had been declared that Abra- 
ham's seed should be as the stars for multitude, and as the 
sands on the sea shore. Now he is called to offer this son 
on the altar, the only one through whom this promise 
could be fulfilled. O how testing to weak human nature, 
when God's promises and his providences seem to clash! 

Here is a soul in such sublime and exalted faith that he 
hesitates not at the Divine call, but made ready for an 
early start the next morning for the mountain summit 
where the tragedy was to take place. Who can read 
for us the thoughts of that father as he journeyed thither? 



OFFERING OF ISAAC. 11 

The innocent boy only drove the barbed iron the deeper 
into his soul, when he exclaimed, ''My father, behold the 
wood and the fire but where is the lamb for the burnt 
offering?'' But this hero of faith fainted not, for he 
believed that somehow God could keep his promise. The 
altar was built and the wood laid thereon. 

Now, where is the lamb? ''God will provide,'' the 
father hath said, and his own son, dearer to him than 
his life, is bound and laid upon the wood. The knife is 
lifted; in the heart of the father, the boy is slain. His 
faith is proven, and God stays his hand, and the lamb 
God had provided was near at hand. 

Abraham's faith and obedience were complete, and 
God's blessings to him were without measure. He was the 
father of the faithful; the friend of God. 

In Isaac, we see our Saviour typified. Like Christ, 
he was the only son, the well beloved son. As Christ 
carried His own cross to the place of crucifixion, so Isaac 
bore the wood on which he was to be laid in death. When 
the knife was lifted for Isaac's death, that knife was 
stayed by the hand of Omnipotence, but when the sword 
was drawn for our Saviour's blood, there was no hand to 
stay the blow; but the sword that drank His blood, has 
lain dnmk in that blood ever since, for Justice could ask 
no more. The fountain then opened for sin and unclean- 
ness, will never cease to flow. Here the millions have been 
cleansed, and the fountain waits for all the millions more. 
We gather at the table this hour in memory of the blood. 

Hymn. "There is a fountain filled with blood 
Drawn from Im manners veins.'' 



12 THE PASCHAL LAMB. 

LESSON III. 
THE PASCHAL LAMB. 

Hymn. "What equal honors shall we bring, 
To thee O Lord our God the Lamb." 

Scripture. Ex. 12: 1-7; and 23, 24. 

1. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of 
Egypt, saying, 

2. This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it 
shall be the first month of the year to you. 

3. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the 
tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, 
according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household: 

4. and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he 
and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the 
number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make 
your coimt for the lamb. 

5. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye 
shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: 

6. and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same 
month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall 
kill it at even. 

7. And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two 
side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall 
eat it. 

23. For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and 
when he seeth the blood upon the lintel ^ and on the two side^posts, 
Johovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to 
come in unto your houses to smite you. 

24. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee 
and to thy sons for ever. 



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THE PASCHAL LAMB. 13 

A wonderful night was that for Israel, when the death 
Angel passed over them, because they were sheltered by 
the blood. God gave to the people here a remarkable 
object lesson, of the offering of the Lamb of God whose 
blood should cover the believing soul. 

The bondage of Israel was exceedingly oppressive in 
Egypt, by reason of their task-masters. The people 
cried to God with a bitter cry, and God heard them, 
and came to their deliverance, with a ^'high hand and 
an outstretched arm.''. The bond .slaves were set 
free — a nation born in a day. They went out under the 
blood. 

If we ever leave the enemy's land of bondage, we will 
go out under the blood. ^^ Without the shedding of blood 
there is no remission of sins." 

John said of Jesus, ^'Behold the Lamb of God, that 
taketh away the sin of the world. " The children of Israel 
were to keep the passover throughout all their generations. 

This feast was kept for fifteen hundred years, with the 
bleeding lamb, typifying the Lamb of Calvary. As the 
paschal feast ended, to the believer, on the night of our 
Lord's betrayal. He that night instituted the new order 
of its observance, representing His own death. The 
shadow gives place to the substance. We do not now 
come to the table, looking through the mists for a coming 
one, but resting in the verities of One who has come, and 
given us the substance for the shadow. 

Those who went out xmder the blood, were permitted 
to journey under the glory of His presence unto the land 
of promise. 



14 THE PASCHAL LAMB. 

The people who have come out of sin and condemna- 
tion, may ever count on that mighty arm, for all the 
journey. '^He that spared not His own Son, but delivered 
Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give 
us all things. '' Having redeemed us. His name and honor 
are forever linked with our victory. 

There are seven ^^I will's'' in the 6th chapter of Exodus, 
concerning this emancipated people which may be com- 
forting to us. 

5. And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of 
Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remem- 
bered my covenant. 

6. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, 
and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, 
and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with 
an outstretched arm, and, with great judgments: 

7. And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a 
God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth 
you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 

8. And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give 
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for 
a heritage: I am the Lord. 

God hath made a covenant with us, well ordered and 
sure, the seal of which is the Lamb slain from the founda- 
tion of the world. We stand in the presence of these 
emblems, the pledge of God's faithfulness, that what He 
hath begun He will finish to the praise of His glory. 

Hymn. ''When I survey the wondrous cross 
On which the Prince of glory died.'' 



CHRIST, THE SMITTEN ROCK. 15 

LESSON IV. 

CHRIST, THE SMITTEN ROCK. 

Hymn. "I love to tell the story, 
Of unseen things above. '^ 

Scripture. Numbers 20: 6-12. 

6. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assem- 
bly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their 
faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them. 

7. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 

8. Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and 
Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, 
that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them 
water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and 
their cattle drink. 

9. And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he com- 
manded him. 

10. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together 
before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; shall 
we bring you forth water out of out of this rock? 

11. And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod 
twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, 
and their cattle. 

12. And Johevah said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believe 
not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, there- 
fore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have 
given them. 

We have here the great Redeemer, and the great redemp- 
tion typified in the smitten rock. Paul tells us, ^^ that that 
rock was Christ/' The thirsty host of Israel tell us of a 



16 CHRIST, THE SMITTEN ROCK. 

world perishing without God. The soul cut off from Him 
is left to cry out for the living God, the only satisfying 
portion. What a picture is presented of this helpless host, 
perishing in the wilderness. Helpless, only as God inter- 
poses. Sin has brought us into a desert place. The thirsty 
soul can never be satisfied by sipping at the mud-pools of 
earth. God alone can answer the deep cry of the soul. He 
has done this by smiting His own Son. '' God so loved the 
world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever 
belie veth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. '' 

Paul refers to the smitten rock, and tells us, 'Hhey all 
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that 
Rock was Christ.'' ''He was bruised for our iniquities, 
the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with 
His stripes we are healed. '' 

As Moses smote the rock at Horeb, and the waters 
followed the children of Israel in the wilderness, so Jesus 
was smitten for us, and the stream of salvation has been 
following us through the centuries. We have not to go 
any long journey to find the stream, for the waters are 
flowing at our feet. We have only to stoop and drink. 
Christ must be smitten for ''without the shedding of 
blood there is no remission.'' 

The waters from the rock of Horeb were sufficient for 
the thousands of Israel, but the stream of life from the 
smitten Christ is sufficient for the millions of every cen- 
tury. They are freely flowing; let whosoever will, come. 

We who are nineteen centuries this side the open foun- 
tain, find the waters just as pure and sweet, and satisfying, 
as those who heard the cry from the cross. 



THE BRAZEN SERPENT. 17 

It was SO fitting then, that Christ should raise this 
monumental service, and say, ^Hhis cup is the New 
Testament in my blood, this do ye, as oft as ye drink it 
in remembrance of Me/^ ^^For as oft as ye eat this 
bread, and drink this cup ye do show forth the Lord^s 
death till he come.'' The smitten rock then was a fore- 
gleam of the smitten Christ. 

Hymn. ^^Rock of ages cleft for me, 

Let me hide myself in Thee/' 



LESSON V. 

THE BRAZEN SERPENT. 

Hymn. "My faith looks up to Thee, 
Thou Lamb of Calvary/' 

Scripture. Numbers 21: 4-9. 

4. And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red 
Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was 
much discouraged because of the way. 

5. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Where- 
fore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? 
for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth 
this light bread. 

6. And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they 
bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 

7. And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, 
because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray 
unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And 
Moses prayed for the people. 



18 THE BRAZEN SERPENT. 

8. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, 
and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every- 
one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 

9. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon- the standard: 
and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he 
looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived. 

The Old Testament is constantly foreshadowing the 
great atonement. The story of the brazen serpent lifted 
in the wilderness is a wonderful object lesson of the Christ 
who should be lifted on the cross as the Saviour of the 
world. 

Jesus Himself so connects the shadow and the substance, 
as to leave no doubt of the intent of God in the wilderness 
experience. In His wonderful sermon to Nicodemus, 
in which He seeks to set forth the great salvation, we 
hear Him saying: ^^as Moses lifted up the serpent in the 
wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 
that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but 
have everlasting life.'' 

The wrecked world was under the power of sin, as the 
bitten Israelites were under the power of the poisonous 
serpent. What a picture! More than two millions of 
people, with deadly, fiery, flying serpents among them. 
There seemed to be no security from them, for they were 
in the air, they could fly. Sudden as a flash, they would 
leave their deadly bite upon the helpless people. For 
this bite there was but one remedy, and that was from 
heaven. The same is true of the race, bitten by sin. 
There is one Deliverer and He is from heaven. ^^ One name 
given under heaven among men, whereby we must be 



DAY OF ATONEMENT. 19 

saved. '' Through His name, by faith in His name, was 
deliverance. "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the 
wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 
that whosoever belie veth in Him, need not perish but 
have everlasting life. '' Salvation is now by a look. This 
way of faith has ever been a stumbling block to the Jews, 
and foolishness to the Greeks, but the power of God to 
him who dares to believe. 

Christ crucified, is the hope of the world. The blood! 
the blood! this is the only efficacious remedy for the sin 
poison of the soul. It is this way of grace and faith that 
glorifies God, and fills all heaven with endless praise. 
Jesus has been lifted up, and we are standing by the cross 
as we stand in the presence of these emblems of His 
broken body and spilled blood. 

Hymn. "My faith looks up to Thee, 
Thou Lamb of Calvary.'' 



LESSON VI. 

DAY OF ATONEMENT. 

Hymn. "Not all the blood of beasts, 
On Jewish altars slain." 

Scripture. Leviticus 16: 1-5. 14-17. 

1. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two 
sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died; 

2. And Jehovah said unto Moses, speak unto Aaron thy 
brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within 



20 DAY OF ATONEMENT. 

the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the aric; that he die 
not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. 

3. Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young 
bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 

4. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the 
linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen 
girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the 
holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them 
on. 

5. And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel 
two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 

14. and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle 
it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the 
mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven 
times. 

15. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the 
people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as 
he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the 
mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat: 

16. and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because 
of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their 
transgressions, even all their sins: and so shall he do for the tent of 
meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their unclean- 
nesses. 

17. And there shall he no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth 
in to make atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have 
made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the 
assembly of Israel. 

The high priest of Judaism, on the great day of Atone- 
ment, is one of the most wonderful types of Jesus to be 
found in Old Testament scripture. Every thing in the 
Jewish ritual has a meaning in the kingdom of grace. 

Let us see how the type and the antitype answer to 
each other. On the day of atonement, the highpriest 



DAY OF ATONEMENT. 21 

laid aside his rich and gorgeous robes, and clothed himself 
in pure white linen. His rich robes were made to repre- 
sent; so far as possible the glories of the heavenly, where 
our great High priest has His dwelling place. The priest 
laid aside these robes for the pure linen, while making 
atonement. So Jesus laid aside the robes of royalty, and 
humbled Himself, stooping to the lowest place of humili- 
ation, when He went in to tread the winepress of the 
wrath of God for us. 

He entered the Holy, of Holies, not with the blood 
of bulls and of goats, but with His own precious 
blood, which alone could cover human guilt. Some 
cry out against a bloody religion, but will they be 
kind enough to tell us how we may reach the mercy 
seat without it. What mean all the blood marks from 
the offering of Abel, to the tragedy of Calvary, if there 
is any other way? "The blood of Jesus Christ, His 
SOU; cleanseth us from all sin.'' We are told that the 
throng in heaven, "had washed their robes and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb.'' The highpriest 
in his holy service, wore bells on the skirt of his garment, 
that the people without might know he was alive, and 
serving for them within the veil. So sacred was the ser- 
vice, that the people feared that any deviation from God's 
order might bring immediate death. Hence the sound of 
those bells, is called "the joyful sound." "Blessed is 
that people who hear the joyful sound." 

Our great Highpriest has entered the Holy of Holies 
for us, not with the blood of beasts, but with His own 
precious blood, and we are listening to the bells on the 



22 DAY OF ATONEMENT. 

skirts of His garment, which assure us of the blessed 
ministry accomplished for us in the inner Sanctuary. The 
bells we hear, are the church bells ringing out over Christen- 
dom and heathendom, proving that the blood is telling for 
us within the Holy of Holies. 

When the highpriest had finished his work within the 
veil, he changed his apparel, putting on his glorious robes 
again, and came to the door of the tabernacle, stretching 
out his hands in priestly benediction over the people, 
giving to them the blessing of all that had been wrought 
within the veil. 

So Jesus will come forth, when the atoning work is 
done, robed with glory and authority to give to His people 
the blessings His blood has wrought for them before the 
mercy seat. 

"This same Jesus whom ye have seen taken up from 
you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have 
seen Him go into heaven. ^'He has told us, when He comes 
His rew^ards are with Him. 

Hymn. "With joy we meditate the grace, 
Of our High priest above." 



CHRIST IN ISAIAH. 23 

LESSON VII. 

CHRIST IN ISAIAH. 

Hymn. ^^I gave my life for thee 

My precious blood I shed." 

Scripture. Isaiah 53: 1-7. 

1. Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm 
of Jehovah been revealed? 

2. For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root 
out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when 
we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 

3. He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, 
and acquainted wath grief: and as one from whom men hide their 
face he was despised; and we esteemed him not. 

4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet 
we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 

5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised 
for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; 
and with his stripes we are healed. 

6. AU we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to 
his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us alL 

7. He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not 
his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep 
that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 

Isaiah is called the Messianic Prophet. He sees the 
suffering Christ and writes the history of the tragedy of 
Calvary seven hundred years before it takes place. We 
have in this chapter the vicarious offering of Christ for the 
world^s sin. ^^ Wounded for our transgressions, bruised 



24 CHRIST IN ISAIAH. 

for our iniquities/^ ^^All we like sheep have gone astray, 
we have turned every one to his own way, but the Lord 
hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. ^' 

A vicarious sacrifice was essential for man to ever be 
delivered from the condemnation of law. Impossible 
for any human offering to atone for divine law broken. 
Law in itself is merciless and exacting, and must be of 
necessity. The great law of gravitation will crush you, 
if you stand in its way. Unvarying law governs the 
material world, and the same must be true of the spiritual 
world, if there is to be any moral government. There 
can be no compromise in the government of matter or of 
mind. Law must be maintained, or the government of 
God is a farce, and discord must forever reign. This 
chapter tells us what God had to do to maintain this 
government, and yet open the door of salvation to man. 
^^The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.'' We 
see here, how the pathway to glory has but one entrance — 
one name given whereby we can be saved. 'Tor He 
who knew no sin, became sin for us, that we might become 
the righteousness of God in Him.'' 

A vicarious sacrifice was essential to human hope. How 
could man look up from the WTeckage of human life, and 
take hope but through a perfect sacrifice? How could a 
wrecked soul have any courage to look up if they must 
atone for their own past life? If the debt is paid, and 
man has only to believe and receive, then the most sinful 
man may take courage and hope for deliverance. Free 
grace gives all the glory to God. If man had any merit 
in his salvation, then the song of heaven must be a medley. 



SOUL TRAVAIL AND ITS REWARD. 25 

in which man would share in the glory. This is the song 
we hear: ^^ Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, 
and glory, and blessing/' *'He shall see of the travail 
of His soul and be satisfied." 

The vicarious sacrifice puts the most effective weapon 
in our hands to meet the unsaved. The storj^ of love is 
conquering the world. Yes, this is the stor>^ which con- 
quers the wild cannibal, and the sin-steeped tribes of 
heathendom. This is the stor}^ which is revolutionizing 
the nations of earth. ^^ There is life for a look at the 
crucified one, there is life at this moment for thee. " 

Hymn. *'Iii the cross of Christ I glory, 

Towering o^er the wrecks of time." 



LESSON VIII. 

SOUL TRAVAIL AND ITS REWARD. 

Hymn, '^O thou my soul forget no more 

The friend who all thy sorrows bore." 

Scripture. Isaiah 53: 8-12. 

8. By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as 
for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off 
out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to 
whom the stroke was due? 

9. And they made his grave with the wicked, and \^'ith a rich 
man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was 
any deceit in his mouth. 



26 SOUL TRAVAIL AND ITS REWARD. 

10. Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to 
grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall 
see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah, 
shall prosper in his hand. 

11. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: 
by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify 
many; and he shall bear their iniquities. 

12. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and 
he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out 
his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: 
yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the trans- 
gressors. 

In this chapter we have not only Christ^s humiliation, 
but His exaltation. '^He was wounded for our trans- 
gressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, '' He was also 
exalted for our glorification, and the rewards of His travail 
will be given him, and he shall be forever satisfied. 

What did this soul travail mean? Soul, here, as in 
many other places, stands for the whole man. His suffer- 
ing was three fold — body, mind, and spirit. His bodily 
suffering was the extreme. Behold the thorn-crowned 
Saviour, hanging on the cruel cross! Surely no more 
torturing death could be conceived. 

But deeper than this was His mental suffering. His 
whole life was one of sorrow. It was purity in the midst 
of sin and evil. The saintly spirit who is compelled to 
stand amid gross sin and corruption, where he hears only 
evil and profanity, finds it exceedingly painful. What must 
it have been to the pure Christ, who could see not only 
the overt acts of sin, but the deep turpitude of corruption 
in the human heart. He could see the souFs deformity, 



SOUL TRAVAIL AND ITS REWARD. 27 

as we see physical deformity which pains us, and yet 
amid it, he suffered for thirty-three years. How He must 
have been grieved when His pronoimced friends turned 
their backs upon Him; when a boastful Peter could deny 
him and swear about it. This mental suffering was the 
lot of his life. 

But deeper than his physical and mental suffering, 
infinitely deeper, was His suffering of spirit, when the 
Father forsook Him, and left Him to tread the wine-press 
of the wrath of God, alone. Here are depths of travail 
we can never know. The deepest suffering, then, in his 
triple nature, he bore for man. 

''He humbled himself and became of no reputation, 
therefore God hath highly exalted him and given him a 
name which is above every name. '^ Our text sweeps past 
the cross and the humiliation, to the exaltation and glory. 
''He shall see,^' "and be satisfied. '^ Here, our exaltation 
is assured. There can be no failure in his reward, and 
that reward includes his people, redeemed and glorified. 
To this end was His travail, and surely we cannot miss 
the glory. 

What this will be, who can tell? We have some hint 
of what it may be, when we read that Christ is to be sat^ 
isfied. It is no small thing, that can satisfy a God. A 
child may be satisfied with a toy, an Indian with shining 
feathers, but the man of letters must have much more to 
satisfy him, and when God Himself is satisfied, who shall 
measure what it means? We who are bought and redeemed 
by His travail, are a part of that satisfaction. The summit 
of that glory is that we are to be made like Him. 



28 FOUNTAIN OPENED BY THE SMITTEN SHEPHERD. 

''Beloved now are we the Sons of God, and it doth not 
yet appear what we shall be, but when He shall appear 
ive shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. ^' 

Hymn. "In the cross of Christ I glory 

Towering o'er the wrecks of time." 



LESSON IX. 

THE FOUNTAIN OPENED BY THE SMITTEN SHEPHERD. 

Hymn. "Jesus lover of my soul, 

Let me to Thy bosom fly.'* 

Scripture, Zech. 13:1 6-9. 

1 . In thai day there shall he a fountain opened to the house of David 
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 

6. And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between 
thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was 
wounded in the house of my friends. 

7. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man 
that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, 
^nd the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon 
the little ones. 

8. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, 
two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be 
left therein. 

9. And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine 
them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They 
.«ball call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my 
people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God. 

We have here another fore-gleam of the cross. A 
fountain opened for sin and uncleanness through the 



FOUNTAIN OPENED BY THE SMITTEN SHEPHERD. 29 

smitten Shepherd. A fountain suggests two thoughts — 
the slaking of thirst, and cleansing. Christ crucified, is 
the fountain opened; here the millions drink and live. 
We have the picture of the smitten rock in the wilderness 
journey of Israel. See the host bowing to slake their 
thirst at the stream which flows from the smitten rock 
at Horeb. Christ was smitten for the sin thirst of the 
race. Sin has created a soul thirst, and God everywhere 
appeals to the thirsty. ^^Ho, every one that thirsteth, 
come ye to the waters.-^ On the great day of the feast, 
^^ Jesus stood and cried, saying: if any man thirst let him 
come unto me and drink.'' We were perishing for this 
water of life, when Jesus, by the gift of His own life,unsealed 
the fountain, and the rivers of salvation have been flowing 
for the thirsty race ever since. ''Come ye to the waters, 
and he that hath no money, come.'' ''Whosoever will, 
let him take of the water of life freely." 

Jesus, at the forfeit of His own life, brought to us the 
cup of life, yea, passed it to our lips, and we have pushed 
it away, though dying for the want of it. What folly and 
madness! But so many are deaf to the call. The foun- 
tain is open, yet the multitudes perish. 

We not only have the thought of thirst in our text, 
but the thought of cleansing. "The fountain is open 
for sin and uncleanness.^^ When we think of what sin 
has done in our natures, we can understand why this 
fountain must also be a stream for cleansing. Sin is 
likened to leprosy, it corrupts our moral and spiritual 
nature. Only the blood of the smitten Shepherd can 
make us clean. "His blood cleanseth us from all sin." 



30 THE SUPPER INSTITUTED. 

Only those made clean by the blood, have the promise of 
entering through the gates of glory. 

Hymn. "There is a fountain filled with blood, 
Drawn from Immanuers veins.'' 



LESSON X. 

THE SUPPER INSTITUTED. 

Hymn. "He leadeth me, O blessed thought, 

O words with heavenly comfort fraught." 

Scripture Matt. 26: 20-30. 

20. Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the 
twelve disciples; 

21. and as they were eating, he said. Verily I say unto you, 
that one of you shall betray me. 

22. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto 
him every one. Is it I, Lord? 

23. And he answered and said. He that dipped his hand with 
me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 

24. The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe 
unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good 
were it for that man if he had not been bom. 

25. And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said. Is it I, 
Rabbi? He saith unto him. Thou hast said. 

26. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and 
brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said. Take, eat; this is 
my body. 

27. And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of it. 

28. for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out 
for many unto remission of sins. 



THE SUPPER INSTITUTED. 31 

29. But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit 
of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my 
Father's kingdom. 

30. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the 
mount of Olives. 

Jesus institutes here the great gospel ordinance of the 
Lord's supper, the monument which was to stand between 
his first and second coming. ^^For as often as ye eat 
this bread, and drink this cup, ye proclaim the Lord's 
death till he come. '' It was instituted at the close of the 
passover feast. This feast had come through the centuries, 
from the days when the children of Israel came out of 
Egypt. Through all these centuries the life of the lamb 
had been taken, which was the wonderful type of Jesus, 
the Saviour of the world. The passover feast was ended. 
Jesus and his disciples had kept it according to Jewish 
custom, but the clock had struck the hour for the type 
to give place to the antitype, and the Lord's supper is 
instituted, which was to stand for another sacrifice, even 
for Himself. He was now being ^Med as a lamb to the 
slaughter. '' 

And Jesus took bread and blest and break it and gave 
to His disciples saying, ^^take eat, this is my body." 

^^For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye 
do show the Lord's death till he come." 

There was a wonderful fitness in using bread and wine 
for this memorial. Bread stands for all food essential 
to the body. Jesus represents Himself as bread for the 
himgry w^orld. ^^I am the bread which came down from 
heaven. " What bread is to the body, Christ is to the soul. 



32 THE SUPPER INSTITUTED. 

''And when he had broken the bread'' — Christ must 
be broken before we can appropriate Him to the needs 
of our soul. Have you ever thought how the grain has 
to suffer before it becomes bread? First the sharp cycle 
comes to lay it low, then it must go under the tribulum 
to thresh it from the husk, then it must go under the 
great millstone to be crushed to flour; but this is not all, 
it must go under the fire before it is bread. What an 
emblem of the suffering Christ! 

Our Saviour's life was one of suffering from first to last. 
He was misimderstood, maligned, forsaken by His 
friends, and taunted by His enemies. As He nears the 
cross, he goes under the world's guilt, which presses the 
bloody sweat from his brow; deeper and deeper he goes 
into the awful mystery of the atonement, until He cries 
on the cross, ''it is finished." What more fitting emblem 
could be found that bread to represent the suffering Christ? 

The wine also represents suffering. The grapes are 
torn from the vine, and crushed in the winepress, ere the 
wine is obtained. These are the symbols which represent 
our suffering Lord. How they speak to us! 

Hymn. ''Arise my soul arise, 

Shake off thy guilty fears.'* 






THEY CRUCIFIED HIM. 33 

LESSON XL 

"THEY CRUCIFIED HIM." 

Hymn. "Arise my soul arise 

Shake off thy guilty fears.'' 

Scripture. Matt. 27: 35-46. 

35. And when they had crucified him they parted his garments 
among them, casting lots; 

36. And they sat and watched him there. 

37. And they set up over his head his accusation \sTitten, This 
IS Jesus the King of the Jews. 

38. Then are there crucified \snth him two robbers, one on the 
right hand and one on the left. 

39. And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, 

40. and saying, Thou that destroy est the temple, and buildest 
it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of Grod, come 
down from the cross. 

41. In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with 
the scribes and elders, said, 

42. He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King 
of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe 
on him. 

43. He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth 
him: for he said. I am the Son of God. 

44. And the robbers also that were crucified with him ca^t upon 
him the same reproach. 

45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the 
land until the ninth hour. 

46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried \\ith a loud voice say- 
ing, Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My Cxod, my God, why hast 
thou forsaken me? 



34 THEY CRUCIFIED HIM. 

^'They crucified him'' — yes, I hear the heavy hammer 
fall that drives the ragged nails through his quivering 
flesh. ^^Lift it up/' the Roman soldiers cry, and they let 
it down with a thug into the ground, tearing the flesh of 
that sinless, sacred body. It is done, and we see the 
soldiers gambling beneath Him for the seamless garment. 
What a sight! Surely angels weep, while the heavens 
are hung in sackcloth. ^'They crucified him," the inno- 
cent, the holy one, and as they could '^find in Him no 
fault at all," they had to crucify thieves with him, to 
make it appear he was a culprit. 

Those sacred lips uttered no remonstrance. ^^He was 
led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before his 
shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." ^^They 
crucified him," though He lived only to bless the race. 
^'He went about doing good." His feet were ever on 
errands of mercy; His hands were stretched out in priestly 
benediction wherever he went. He gave comfort to the 
sorrowing; health to the sick, and life to the dead. As 
His lips stiffened in death, they were parted with a prayer 
for His murderers: '^Father forgive them, for they know 
not what they do." What love was this, who shall tell 
it? Who shall ascend into the dizzy heights, or plunge 
into the fathomless depths? '^God so loved the world," 
that He gave His Son; gave Him as the Lamb to be slain; 
gave Him as the ransom for the sin broken race. 

They crucified Him, but the hammer that struck home 
those terrible nails, struck off the fetters from the sin- 
enslaved of earth. The spear that pierced His side, 
unsealed the fountains of everlasting life. The lash that 



A SUFFERING SAVIOUR. 35 

tore His back^ tore down the middle wall of partition 
between God and man, and threw open the door of heaven 
to sinful men. 

He was thorn-crowned that we might wear a diadem in 
glory. They thought to crucify Him, was to have rid of 
Him, but what a mistake, for by this they exalted Him 
forever. Their cruel treatment, only filled the cup of 
his joy. ^^Who for the joy that was set before him, 
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down 
at the right hand of God. ^^ Man^s malignant hate, is 
inside the great wheel of Divine providence. ^^They 
crucified him,'' but God forever exalted Him. 

Hymn. "Nearer my God to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee.'' 



LESSON XII. 

A SLUMBERING CHURCH BESIDE A SUFFERING 
SAVIOUR. 

Hymn. "O for a closer walk with God 
A calm and heavenly frame.'' 

Scripture. Mark 14: 32-41. 

32. And they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: 
and he saitb mito his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray. 

33. And he taketh w^th him Peter and James and John, and 
began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled. 

34. And he saith unto them. My soul is exceeding sorrowful 
even unto death; abide ye here, and watch. 



36 A SUFFERING SAVIOUR. 

35. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and 
prayed that, if it were possible, the hour niight pass away from 
him. 

36. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; 
remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou 
wilt. 

37. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping , and saith unto Peter, 
Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour? 

38. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the 
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

39. And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words. 

40. And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes 
were very heavy; and they knew not what to answer him. 

41. And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them. Sleep 
on now, and take your rest: it is enough; the hour is come; behold, 
the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 

It is a pathetic picture indeed, to see the disciples sleep- 
ing beside the suffering Saviour, in the critical hour of 
His life, but here is the picture of the church through all 
the centuries. They could sleep, whilst He was ^'treading 
the winepress of the wrath of God alone, and of the people 
there was none with Him. '' The loneliness of our Saviour 
was real. He was human. His loneliness was not so 
much that of separation as lack of sympathy. He was 
truly human, but it was divinity incarnate, and so by 
the elevation of His character. He was alone and beyond 
us. He must be alone from the very nature of things. The 
missionary who steps into blind heathenism, knows noth- 
ing of sympathy or fellowship. So Jesus as he stooped 
to this human plane, must walk alone, for it was impossible 
for Him to be fully understood. He lived in the coming 
centuries, and such men must be crucified. Experiences 



A SUFFERING SAVIOUR. 37 

which carry us nearest to God, no one can share with us. 
Reformers who write the history of the future, must be 
persecuted in the present. 

Jesus was not only alone by the elevation of His char- 
acter, but by reason of His slumbering disciples. What 
a revelation of human blindness we see in the garden 
picture. How little the disciples seemed to comprehend 
the meaning of the hour. 

This suffering Christ had been the burden of prophecy, 
every thing focusing on this hour, and yet His disciples 
seem blind to it all. In fellowship with His disciples, 
He had often lifted the curtain upon the closing scenes of 
His life, showing how He must suffer and be rejected of 
men, but they fail to comprehend and fall asleep while 
He takes the bitter cup, and drinks to the dregs. We 
not only see human blindness, but human weakness as 
well. ''Could ye not watch one hour?'' Too weak to 
watch for a single hour! They furnish a picture of the 
church for all the centuries. Christ still suffers by reason 
of the sinful broken world, but we are too often found 
slumbering beside Him. ''In as much as ye did it unto 
one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me.'' 
There are pivotal hours in human history when it is a^ 
crime to sleep. This was such an hour, when the mightiest 
event in human history was passing. This hour would 
never come again. It was a great opportunity for them 
to watch with their Lord, but they slept while the critical 
hour passed. 

Our life is a brief hour at best, to watch with 
our Lord, and enter into His blessed fellowship, 



38 HE WHO WOULD SAVE OTHERS CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF 

and God forbid that those hours should be wasted m 
slumber. 

Hymn. *^More love to thee O Christ 
More love to thee/' 



LESSON XIII. 

HE WHO WOULD SAVE OTHERS CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF. 

Hymn. '^I gave my life for Thee 
My precious blood shed/' 

Scripture. Mark 15: 22-32. 

22. And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being 
interpreted, the place of a skull. 

23. And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he 
received it not. 

24. And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, 
casting lots upon them, what each should take. 

25. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 

26. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, 
The King of the Jews. 

27. And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right 
hand, and one on his left. 

29. And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their 
heads, and saying. Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and 
buildest it in three days, 

30. save thyself, and come down from the cross. 

31. In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among 
themselves with the scribes said. He saved others; himself he cannot 
save. 



HE WHO WOULD SAVE OTHERS CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF 39 

32. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the 
cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified 
with him reproached him. 

The caviling Jews here uttered in derision one of the 
greatest of all truths aflfecting human life and destiny. He 
who would save others, cannot save himself. When the 
woman touched the hem of His garment and was made 
whole, He stopped and inquired, ^'who touched me?^^ 
The disciples replied, ^^Thou seest the multitudes throng 
thee, and sayest thou who touched me.'' ^^ Somebody 
hath touched me for I perceive that virtue has gone out 
of me. " Virtue must go out of us, if others are blest by 
us. He saved others — yes, this was true: He saved 
from sickness; He saved from suffering; He saved from 
demoniac power; He saved from sin. ^^Thy sins be for- 
given thee. '' Thus He poured out His own life in blessing 
on the world. The good Samaritan could not save himself 
if he would save the sufferer he found by the wayside. 
It must be at the expense of his sympathy and time; at 
the expense of his oil and wine; at the expense of his 
pocketbook. The other man lived, but virtue had been 
expended. 

In our Saviour's giving, we have the highest exhibition 
it is possible for a God to give — the sacrifice of Himself. 
He sank into death that many might rise to life. 

Our highest giving, is the giving of self in sacrifice for 
others.. The mother who plunges into the burning building 
for her sleeping babe, could save the babe, untouched by 
the flame, but she must suffer a cripple the rest of her 
days. 



40 HE WHO WOULD SAVE OTHERS CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF. 

We have had heroes on the battle field, but none like 
the heroes of missionary fame. Paul says ''I die daily/' 
and such men as Judson and Paton knew just what the 
apostle meant. They were expecting death at any hour 
by the hands of those for whom they were sacrificing their 
lives. He who saves others cannot save himself. At 
Evanston, a little way beyond Chicago, on the lake shore, 
there is a large college. The coast along there is dangerous. 
The students organized a life-saving station, to help in 
time of wreck. One day in a terrible gale a steamer 
foundered off the coast. The students rushed to their 
help. One young man by the name of Spencer, a strong 
athlete, and an expert swimmer, was successful in bringing 
many to the shore. When pale and exhausted, about 
to sink under the strain, his friends tried to stop him, 
telling him, he would forfeit his own life if he continued, 
but seeing other hands above the waves, he would tear 
himself away and rash to their rescue. Out of thirty 
who were brought to land, he saved seventeen. That 
night he was seized with a raging fever and delirium, 
and again and again was heard to say, ''did I do my 
best?'' ''He saved others, himself he could not save." 

Hymn. "In the cross of Christ I glory, 

Towering o'er the \sTecks of time.'' 



THE SUFFERING CHRIST AND THE COMING GLORY. 41 

LESSON XIV. 

THE SUFFERING CHRIST AND THE COMING GLORY. 

Hymn. '^Saviour Thy dying love 
Thou gavest me." 

Scripture. Luke 24: 13-27. 

13. Ajid behold, two of them were going that very day to a village 
named Emmaus, which was three-score furlongs from Jerusalem. 

14. And they communed with each other of all these things 
which had happened. 

15. And it came to pass, while they communed and questioned 
together, that Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 

16. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. 

17. And he said unto them, WTiat conmiunications are these 
that ye have one with another, as ye walk? And they stood stiU, 
looking sad. 

18. And one of them, named Cleopas, answering said unto him, 
Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem and not know the things 
which are come to pass there in these days? 

19. And he said unto them, What things? And they said 
unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a 
prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 

20. and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to 
be condemned to death, and crucified him. 

21. But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. 
Yea and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things 
came to pass. 

22. Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having 
been early at the tomb; 

23. and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that 
they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 



42 THE SUFFERING CHRIST AND THE COMING GLORY. 

24. And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, 
and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. 

25. And he said imto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to 
believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 

26. Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter 
into his glory. 



The circumstances under which these words were uttered 
were not ordinary. Jesus had just come from the abode 
of death, and was walking beside His sorrowing disciples. 
He asks for a reason for their sorrow, and they tell Him 
the sad tale of their grief, but their eyes are holden that 
they should not know Him. He seems to answer them 
abruptly, ^^0 foolish men, and slow of heart to believe, 
in all that the prophets have spoken! Behooved it not 
the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His 
glory. '^ Unbelief always clouds the highest spiritual 
realities. To be faithless is to be ignorant, and walk 
in a limited sphere. 

^^We thought it was He who should have redeemed 
Israel. '' Yes, this was the best they could do — to think 
it, there were no certainties of knowledge. Had they 
believed what the prophets had spoken, there would have 
been no call for their tears. They should have seen that 
the very things over which they were grieving, were the 
things which were to verify what the prophets had spoken. 
Beginning at Moses and the prophets. He expounded 
unto them in all the scriptures, the things concerning 
Himself. Christ must needs suffer that prophecy might be 
fulfilled. 



THE SUFFERING CHRIST AND THE COMING GLORY. 43 

''All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned 
every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on Him 
the iniquity of us all/' ''He is brought as a Lamb to the 
slaughter, and as a sheep before his shearers is dumb^ 
so He openeth not His mouth/' How could these pro- 
phecies be answered, without the tragedy of Calvary. 
Many truths of a similar nature had been uttered by the 
different prophets, and only blindness and ignorance 
could have left them to weep. How could they have 
forgotten the Master's own words, recorded in Matthew? 
"All ye shall be offended because of me this night, for it 
is written I will smite the Shepherd and the sheep of the 
flock shall be scattered abroad, but after I am risen again, 
I will go before you into Galilee." With these scriptures 
and many others like them, how could they walk and be 
sad? 

Christ must suffer, to answer the types, as well as the 
prophecies — Abel's bloody sacrifice; the paschal lamb; 
the brazen serpent, to which Christ Himself points as 
related with Calvary. Must not Christ die to answer these 
scriptures? 

"O foolish men and slow of heart to believe." He 
must enter into His glory and this was the only gate-way. 
The glory of God could never be more, nor ever be less,^^ 
but the manifestation of that glory before angels and 
men must be through suffering love. 

Hymn. "Saviour thy dying love, 
Thou gavest me." 



44 THE LAMB OF GOD. 



LESSON XV. 

THE LAMB OF GOD. 

Hymn. *^I gave my life for thee 

What hast thou given for me'* 

Scripture. John 1: 28-36. 

28. These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, 
where John was baptizing. 

29. On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 
Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! 

30. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is 
become before me: for he was before me. 

31. And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest 
to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water. 

32. And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit 
descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him. 

33. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, 
he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit 
descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth 
in the Holy Spirit. 

34. And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the 
the Son of God. 

35. Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his 
disciples; 

36. and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold^ 
the Lamb of God. 

Language of John the Baptist, introducing some of the 
future disciples of Jesus. Christ as the coming Messiah 
had been verified to him by the descending dove, on the 
banks of the Jordan. ^^ Behold the Lamb of God.'' 



THE LAMB OF GOD. 45 

I. Behold Him as a Lamb, 

1. The lamb is guileless and pure. 

2. The lamb is the type of sacrifice. 

II. Behold Him as an education. 

1. At the cross we see the true nature of sin, and 
God's attitude toward it. 

His own Son is given a sacrifice to emancipate the 
sinner. 

2. Behold Him, and you shall learn the infinite 
depths of divine love. 

We were bankrupt and He redeemed us. 

The cross is the open book where all the relations 

of God to man are revealed. 

III. Behold Him as an inspiration. 

1. Here is the model of all true life. We need to 
bow before Him to see all His beauty. 
An ancient piece of statuary was counted wonderful, 
and a man came a long w^ay to see it. Looking it over he 
seemed disappointed, but the guide said to him you can 
never see the glory of that piece of art until you bow 
before it and look up into the face. This he did, and found 
himself deeply moved by the vision. It is on our knees 
that we behold the true glory of the Lamb of God. 

IV. Behold the Lamb of God as the final goal of human 
destiny. 
1. The crucifixion and resurrection can never be 
separated. We behold the cross as the gate-way to 
glory. 



46 THE FATHOMLESS LOVE OF GOD. 

'^ Now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear 
what we shall be, but when He shall appear we shall be 
like Him/' 

Hymn. ^^When I survey the wond^rous cross 
On which the Prince of glory died." 



LESSON XVI. 

THE FATHOMLESS LOVE OF GOD. 

Hymn. "Saviour thy dying love 
Thou gavest me." 

Scripture. John 3: 14-20. 

14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even 
so must the Son of man be hfted up; 

15. That whosoever believeth in him may have eternal life. 

16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

17. For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; 
but that the world should be saved through him. 

18. He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth 
not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the 
name of the only begotten Son of God. 

19. And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the 
world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their 
works were evil. 

20. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh 
not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. 

21. But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his 
works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God. 



THE FATHOMLESS LOVE OF GOD. 47 

There are three great things in the text. The great 
mystery, the great privilege, the great destiny. 

I. The great mystery. — ^^God loved the world.'' 

1. The world, morally corrupt. 

2. The world, willfully disobedient. 

3. The world, dead in sin. 

4. He so loved, as to give His Son a ransom. 

II. The great duty. — ''Whosoever believeth. " 

1. We are to believe the infinite love declared. 

2. We are to believe in the divinity of the Christ who 
died. 

3. We are to believe in the efficacy of that blood to 
save. 

III. The great destiny. — "Whosoever believeth, hath 
everlasting life. " 

1. We are saved from the condemnation of the law. 

2. We are saved from the reigning power of sin. 

3. We are saved unto the fellowship with God. 

4. We are saved unto the joys and glories of heaven. 

Hymn. "Jesus lover of my soul 

Let me to thy bosom fly.'' 



48 JESUS LIFTED UP. 

LESSON XVII. 

JESUS LIFTED UP. 

Hymn. ''And did the Holy and the Just 
The Sovereign of the Skies/' 

Scripture. John 12: 24, 33. 

24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall 
into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it 
beareth much fruit. 

25. He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his hfe 
in this world shall keep it unto hfe eternal. 

26. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, 
there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the 
Father honor. 

27. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, 
save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. 

28. Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice 
out of heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it 
again. 

29. The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said 
that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him. 

30. Jesus answered and said. This voice hath not come for my 
sake, but for your sakes. 

31. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of 
this world be cast out. 

32. And I, if I he lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto 
myself. 

33. But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he 
should die. 

Christ is the moral load-stone of the v^orld; the focal 
point of history; the superlative center of attraction. A 



JESUS LIFTED UP. 49 

wonderful utterance is this if we consider the circumstances 
under which the words were spoken. It was the voice of 
one going dowTi to death, dying without friends, dying as a 
culprit. What assumption! ''I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto Me/' He was stating a 
great truth, which is being answered through the centuries, 
by every tribe and tongue under the whole heavens. I 
see them coming from India, and China, from Africa, yea, 
from the ends of the earth, drawn by the magic power of 
the uplifted Christ. 

I. Notice the attractive power of Jesus. 

What is it w^hich renders human character attractive? 
It is purity, wisdom, sympathy, benevolence, self-forget- 
fulness, and suffering love. 

These are the graces which adorn the human character, 
and make it attractive. In Christ all these graces are 
found, lifted into infinite proportions. 

''All waters meet in the sea; all light meets in the sim; 
so all perfections meet in Jesus, the crucified and exalted 
Lamb of God." 

II. The church is called upon to lift Christ up, where 
the world may see Him. 

It is incumbent on us to say, '' Behold the Lamb of God 
that taketh away the sin of the world.'' 

The magnet must be brought in contact with the 
nails if the nails are to be effected by it; so Christ 
must be brought to lost men that they may see and 
feel His power, therefore we have the great commission; 
''Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every 
creature. '' 



50 JESUS LIFTED UP. 

The work of the church is not so much to bring the 
world to Christ, as to bring Christ to the world. 

We lift Christ up when we acknowledge Him as Saviour 
and Lord. How can we honor Him more, than by declar- 
ing that the blood has saved us from the guilt and power 
of sin? We lift Him up, when we lift Him to the throne 
of our hearts, and acknowledge His Lordship in our lives. 
When we can say from our hearts: ^^Take my life and let 
it be consecrated Lord to Thee; take my will and make it 
Thine; it shall be no longer mine.'' 

As we reflect the graces of Christ, we lift Him up for the 
world to behold Him. We lift Christ up as we tell the 
story of His love. There is magic in this story. It has 
captivated its millions. The angels sang over Bethlehem's 
plains, '^Behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy." 

The lepers who went to the Syrian camp and foimd 
bread, while their friends were starving in the city, said, 
^^we do not well; this is a day of good tidings, and we 
hold our peace. " 

The good things are given to us, the bread for the starv- 
ing millions, and we do not well if we hold om* peace. 
Lift Him up then; (this is the work of the church) and He 
will prove a lode-stone to the sin-broken world. 

Htmn. ''O could I speak the matchless worth, 
O could I sound His glories forth." 



IT IS FINISHED. 51 

LESSON XVIII. 

IT IS FINISHED. 

Hymn. "Alas and did my Saviour bleed, 
And did my Sovereign die." 

Scripture. John 19: 28-34. 

28. After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, 
that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst. 

29. There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a 
sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth. 

30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said. 
It is finished and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. 

31. The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the 
bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the 
day of that sabbath was a high day)y asked of Pilate that their 
legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 

32. The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, 
and of the other that was crucified with him: 

33. but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead 
already, they brake not his legs: 

34. howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, 
and straightway there came out blood and water. 

As we stand by the bedside of a dying friend, how 
eagerly we bend the ear to catch the last whisper they 
may utter, for such words are often very important, and 
are treasured for a life time. 

So the disciples stood around the cross of Jesus, and 
eagerly waited to catch the last words from His lips. Listen 
men! He is speaking; the sentence is brief, but pregnant 



52 IT IS FINISHED. 

with meaning: ''It is finished,'' What is all the meaning? 
Their minds quickly took in His life, and then back of 
His life, through all the stretch of history. 

What is finished? All prophecy concerning Himself. 

This was the focal point toward which all had heen 
pointing. The prophets had told when He should be bom; 
where He should be born; the wonderful character of the 
coming one; His heaven appointed mission, and his tragic 
death. There are over one hundred and fifty prophecies 
pointing to Christ. The book is now closed; the voice of 
prophecy hushed, for all was ended when He cried on 
the cross: ''It is finished.^' The tabernacle and the 
temple service, with their bloody sacrifices had now foimd 
their answer in the dying Christ. 

His wonderful life was finished. It was an event of 
importance to this world, to have the labors of such a life 
end. He lived much in a day, and His life meant only 
blessing for all who crossed His pathway. His voice 
would no more be heard beside the sick bed, or over the 
graves of the dead. The impenitent were not to hear 
the call of mercy more from His lips, for He never mingled 
among them after His resurrection, meeting only His dis- 
ciples. Significant as touching the final resurrection. His 
travail and suffering for man's redemption was finished. 
He was a sufferer through all His sojourn among us. It 
was purity moving amid moral impurity and corruption. 
His suffering culminated in the garden, and on the cross. 
Here He stooped to the very nadir of humiliation, ''there- 
fore God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name 
which is above every name.'' His suffering is done. He 



THIS ORDINANCE OBSERVED TILL HE COME. 53 

enters into His glory. The great redemption was finished. 
The gates of heaven are now left wide open, since our 
Saviour passed the portals. The efficacious blood, can 
now make the foulest clean. If the work of redemption 
is finished, then let us not think that we can supplement 
it by human doing. ^'Cast your deadly doing down, all 
down at Jesus^ feet. And stand in Him, in Him alone, 
All glorious and complete. '' 

Hymn. " Tis finished so the Savior cried, 

And meekly bowed his head and died." 



LESSON XIX. 

THIS ORDINANCE OBSERVED TILL HE COME. 

Hymn. "In the cross of Christ I glory 

Towering o'er the wrecka of time." 

Scripture. 1 Cor. 11: 23-34. 

23. For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto 
you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed 
took bread; 

24. And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said. This 
is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me. 

25. In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This 
cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink 
it, in remembrance of me. 

26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye pro^ 
claim the Lord's death till he come. 

27. Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup 
of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and 
the blood of the Lord. 



54 THIS ORDINANCE OBSERVED TILL HE COME. 

28. But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, 
and drink of the cup. 

29. For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh 
judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body. 

30. For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and 
not a few sleep. 

31. But if we discerned ourselves, w^e should not be judged. 

32. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that 
we may not be condemned with the world. 

33. Wherefore, my brethem, when ye come together to eat, wait 
one for another. 

34. If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that yoiu- coming 
together be not imto judgment. And the rest will I set in order 
whensoever I come. 

The communioii service was ordained and established 
by Jesus Himself. ''This is My body;'' this is My blood. '' 
Paul says, ''as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, 
ye do show forth the Lord's death till He come/' It is 
a memorial service. "This do ye, as oft as ye drink it in 
remembrance of Me." We are to come to the table then 
with a faith vision of Christ, remembering Him and Him 
alone. Such memory is sure to lead to the purifying of 
the heart. 

Remembering Him will turn on the light to our own 
hearts and lives, and will lead to humility and contrition 
for sin, and a true preparation for partaking of the divine 
emblems. We read in another place, "Let him examine 
himself and so let him eat." It is one of the highest 
religious acts in our life, and should not be approached 
in a thoughtless manner. 

It is not the place to bring any grievance with others, 
though they may sit by our side. "As oft as ye do it, 



THIS ORDINANCE OBSERVED TILL HE COME. 55 

do it in remembrance of Me/' We may forget the 
wrongs of others, but remember, with penitence, our 
own. 

To remember Christ is not to remember the Sufferer 
only, but to remember also the risen and exalted one. The 
observance of the supper, then, is not a time for sorrow 
but rather of gladness and exultation, for the Crucified 
has risen in glory, and we are identified with Him. *^ Ought 
not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into 
His glory?'' We read that this Christ is coming back 
again to this broken world, not in humiliation, but with 
authority and power. When the disciples watched their 
ascending Lord, two angels stood by them in white apparel 
and said, ^'why stand ye gazing up into heaven, this 
same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall 
so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into 
heaven." We are to observe the supper *Hill He 
come. " 

We come to the table then, not only with the vision of 
Calvary, but with a vision of His coming in glory. The 
supper is the monument raised up to stand between His 
first and second coming. When He comes in glory, the 
symbols of His suffering are done. To some. His 
coming is to raise the righteous dead, and take the 
reins of government in this broken world as its 
only competent ruler, and reign for a thousand 
years: to others His coming is judgment for the world 
and the determining of human destiny. All look 
for His coming, and many believe that His coming is 
imminent. 



56 CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. 

''For as oft' as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye 
do show the Lord's death, till He come.'' 

Hymn. "Till He come: O let the words 

Linger on the trembling chords.'' 



LESSON XX. 

CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. 

Hymn. "Blest be the tie that binds, 
Our hearts in Christian love." 

Scripture. Gal. 2: 17-21. 

17. But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves 
also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid. 

18. For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I 
prove myself a transgressor. 

19. For I through the law died imto the law, that I might live 
unto God. 

20. / have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that livCj 
but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I 
live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself up fo. me. 

21. I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is 
through the law, then Christ died for nought. 

We have the believer here identified with Christ in cruci- 
fixion and resurrection. The passage seems wonderful 
in the great truths asserted. God stooped through His 
incarnate Son, to identify Himself with us in our ruin, 
so that we are identified with Him in all His infinite posses- 
sions. We are crucified with Him judicially, for we are 



I 



CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. 57 

told that ''He became sin for us, that we might become 
the righteousness of God in Him/' ^^He bore our sins 
in His own body on the tree. '^ There is a mystic sense 
in which we died with Him on the tree. Our sins were 
covered by the blood , and as this truth is appropriated 
by faith, we enter into the freedom of the Sons of God. 

We are not only crucified with Him judicially, but 
crucified by Him spiritually as He comes in to take the 
throne of our hearts. There is a death to the self life, 
but a resurrection to the. divine life wrought in us. ''Christ 
in you the hope of glory.'' 

We are identified with Christ in His resurrection. His 
victory over the grave, was victory for us. "I am the 
resurrection and the life; he that believe th in Me shall 
never die." Here is our assurance of ultimate victory 
over the grave. We are permitted with Paul to shout, 
"O death, where is thy sting, O grave where is thy victory. " 
The Christian's hope makes the grave the gateway to glory. 

We are identified with Christ in a life of service. His 
life was one of love service, and we hear Him saying: 
"as the Father hath sent me into the world, even so send 
I you." His people are here and now, called upon to 
relieve His life on the earth. His love is the impelling 
power within. When Christ is enthroned within, we 
shall not ask, "who is my neighbor," but like the good 
Samaritan we shall find him in the wounded man who fell 
among the thieves, and with unstinted service we shall 
love him back to life again. 

If really identified with Jesus, we shall go with Him to 
the mountains for the lost sheep, and make our shoulders 



58 THE PRE-EMINENT CHRIST. 

the chariot for them to ride back to the fold again. With 
Him we shall not turn away from the leprous ones of 
earth, but we shall grasp their chalky hands with the 
hand of w^arm Christian love. 

We are identified with Christ in His exaltation and 
glory. ^'If I go away to prepare a place for you I will 
come again to receive you unto Myself, that where I am 
there ye may be also. '' If we are identified with Him in 
life here, we shall assuredly reign with Him in glory there. 
We cannot think of any summit of glory where His feet 
have trod, that our footprints shall not be found also. 

Hymn. ''Fountain of grace, rich, full and free 
What need I that is not in thee.'* 



LESSON XXI. 

THE PRE-EMINENT CHRIST. 

Hymn ''O could I speak the matchless worth, 
O could I sound the glories forth. *' 

SCRIPTTJHE. COLOSS. 1: 12-20. 

12. giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be par- 
takers of the inheritance of the saints in light; 

13. who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated 
us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; 

14. in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins: 

15. who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all 
creation; 

16. for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon 
the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or 



THE PRE-EMINENT CHRIST. 59 

dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created 
through him, and imto him; 

17. and he is before all things and in him all things consist. 

18. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the begin- 
ning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have 
the pre-eminence. 

19. For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should 
all the fulness dwell; 

20. and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having 
made peace through the blood of his cross; 

Christ is the first born from the dead. His head was 
pillowed in the new tomb of Joseph. ^^I am He that 
liveth, and was dead, and behold I am alive forever 
more.'' Yes, He was dead; they take Him dowTi 
from the cross, and bear His lifeless body to the tomb. 
Sm'ely the infernal regions must have been jubilant while 
the tomb held Him, but He lives again; death and hell 
are conquered foes. 

''He is the beginning, the first bom from the dead, that 
in all things He might have the preeminence. '' Jesus is 
the preeminent one of all in earth or heaven. It is safe 
to say that Jesus is the preeminent one in the Godhead, 
so far as mortals are concerned. ''He is the fulness of 
the Godhead bodily, and the express image of the Father's 
glory." He revealed the full glory of the Father, and 
brought that glory to us. God incarnate was more to 
mortals, than God shrouded in eternal mystery. God, 
the Son, w^as preeminent to God, the Spirit, for by His 
command the Spirit came. "If I go away I will send the 
Comforter. " The chief mission of the Spirit was to reveal 
Christ. By Him all things w^ere created; by Him all 



60 THE PRE-EMINENT CHRIST. 

things consist. If preeminence may be recognized in 
the Godhead at all, it certainly belongs to Christ. That 
in all things He might have the preeminence. 

Christ was preeminent in creation. ^^For by Him were 
all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth; 
visible and invisible, thrones or dominions, or principalities 
or powers; all things were created by Him and for Him. '^ 
^^All things were made by Him, and without Him was 
not anything made that was made. ^' 

Christ was preeminent in the work of redemption. He 
was in the work prophesied; in the work typified; in the 
w^ork executed. Never man lived like that man; never 
man loved like that man. Christ so loved the world that 
He died to redeem it. We hide under the blood. At the 
cross our hope takes root and climbs toward the skies. 

Christ is preeminent in resurrection glory. ^^The first 
bom from the dead. '^ To Him the glory is to be given 
by the redeemed church. The hosts of heaven are heard 
'^saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb that was 
slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and 
strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.'' At His 
feet we cast our crowns, and to the Lamb that was slain 
and liveth again we pay the homage of our hearts. 

Hymn. "All hail the power of Jesus name 
Let angels prostrate fall." 



RESURRECTION LIFE. 61 

LESSON XXII. 

RESURRECTION LIFE. 

Hymn. ^^Rise my soul and stretch thy wings, 
Thy better portion trace." 

Scripture. Coloss. 3: 1-10. 

1. // then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that 
are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 

2. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things 
that are upon the earth. 

3. For ye died, and your Hfe is hid with Christ in God. 

4. When Christ, who is our hfe, shall be manifested, then shall 
ye also with him be manifested in glory. 

5. Put to death therefore your members which are upon the 
earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetous- 
ness, which is idolatry; 

6. For which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the 
sons of disobedience: 

7. Wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; 

8. But now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, 
railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth: 

9. Lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old 
man with his doings, 

10. And have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto 
knowledge after the image of him that created him: 

Have we risen with Christ? This is the question of 
questions. Upon its answer, depends our destiny for 
time and eternity. 

Christ has risen, and is forever a conqueror of death 
and hell. We are represented as ''dead in trespasses and 



62 RESURRECTION LIFE. 

sins/' but through Him we may have a resurrection from 
the grave, and live with Him in the heavenlies. If we 
have risen with Him, let us lay aside our grave clothes, 
that the smell of the grave linger not with us. ''Set 
your affections on things above, where Christ sitteth at 
the right hand of God." 

We are exhorted to fix our affections on thmgs above. 
What are those things above? 

Peace and harmony are among the things in heaven, 
and we should learn to love them here. This life is filled 
with discord whilst w^e follow the mandates of the flesh, 
but if ''our life is hid with Christ in God,'' we may share 
the peace w^hich gives poise to the soul of God Himself. 
"My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give 
I imto you,'' said the master to His disciples. Set your 
affections upon it, and take possession by faith. God has 
promised that perturbation and fear may be taken out of 
our lives. There is a peace for us now and here, like that 
of heaven; deep and still like the flowing river. Set your 
affections upon it and it is your's. 

Set your affections on the purity of heaven. This you 
will find at the right hand of God. Christ came to bring 
the heavenly possession to us now. "Blessed are the 
pure in heart, for they shall see God." They shall have 
the clarified vision. Nothing has ever entered heaven, 
"which defileth or maketh a lie. " If we seek those things 
above, we must seek purity. 

Our Lord's death and resurrection may not only give 
us an imputed righteousness, but an imparted righteous- 
ness. "He that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself 



LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 63 

even as He is pure." '^ Greater is He that is in you, than 
he that is in the world." ^^I can do all things through 
Christ which strengtheneth me. " Many faint by the way, 
because they have never really set their affections on these 
things to win. 

To ^'set your affections on things above," is to set them 
on the grace of love, the ruling power of heaven. This 
is the grace which stands for the whole character of God. 
^^God is love." '^If ye be risen with Christ" and are 
identified with Him, you will seek the same adornment 
of character. ^^ Perfect love casteth out fear." Set your 
affections upon it, for what is promised we may possess. 

Hymn. "The Saviour O what endless charm 
Dwells in that blissful sound.'' 



LESSON XXIII. 

LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 

Hymn. "I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice, 
And it told thy love to me.'' 

Scripture. Heb. 12: 1-8. 

1. Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with 
so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin 
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race 
that is set before us, 

2. Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who 
for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, 
and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 



64 LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 

3. For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners 
against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls. 

4. Ye have not yet resisted imto blood, striving against sin: 

5. and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth 
with you as with sons. My son, regard not lightly the chastening 
of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 

6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. And scourgeth 
every son whom he receiveth. 

7. It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as 
with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not? 

8. But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made 
partakers then are ye bastards, and not sons. 

The apostle here urges us to fix our eyes on Jesus, as 
we run this little race of life. He is the author of our 
faith, for He first planted the new life within us, and He 
will execute to the finish. ''Being confident of this very 
thing, that He who hath begun a good work in you, will 
perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. ^' 

The joy of God over the redeemed in glory, was to 
compensate a thousand fold, for all the suffering He 
endured. ''Who for the joy that was set before Him, 
endured the cross, despising the shame.'' He is now set 
down at the right hand of God, — the right hand, the seat 
of authority and power — the hand that now dispenses all 
blessings. " But this man after He had offered one sacri- 
fice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God; 
from henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His 
footstool. '' 

It is from this seat of authority we hear Jesus saying, 
"Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every 
creature. '' Who can resist the right hand of Omnipotence? 



LOOKING UNTO JESUS 65 

It is thus looking unto Jesus we find inspiration for the 
Christian race. 

Looking unto Jesus, we leam the lesson of perfect 
obedience. ^^I do always those things which please the 
Father/^ ^Tather if it be possible let this cup pass from 
me, nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt/' Loyalty 
is first and fundamental in Christian character. ^^I was 
not disobedient unto the heavenly vision, '^ and here was 
the secret of that wonderful character, which challenges 
all history to find a peer. 

^^ Looking unto Jesus,'' w^e learn the lesson of patient 
suffering. ^'He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and 
as a sheep dumb before her shearers, so He opened not 
his mouth. " When w^e have learned the highest lessons, it 
will be suffering without murmuring. ''Be still and know 
that I am God. " 

When we are better acquainted with God, we shall 
leam to be still, and trust God to make our light afflictions 
but stepping stones Heavenward. 

Looking unto Jesus we find the highway to glory. Jesus 
went dowTL before He went up. He went up by w^ay of 
the cross. Joseph went dowTi through the pit and the 
prison, before he was exalted to the throne of Egypt. 
When fiery trials come, we are not to think that some 
strange thing has happened unto us, for we too must go 
by way of the cross to glory. 

Hymn. ''Since mine eyes were fixed on Jesus 
IVe lost sight of all beside.'' 



66 REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD 

LESSON XXIV. 

REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD. 

Hymn. "All hail the power of Jesus' name, 
Let angels prostrate fall.'' 

Scripture. Rev. 5: 1-10. 

1. And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a 
book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven 



2. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, 
Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 

3. And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, 
was able to open the book, or to look thereon. 

4. And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open 
the book, or to look thereon: 

5. and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the 
Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome 
to open the book and the seven seals thereof. 

6. And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living 
creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as 
though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, 
which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. 

7. And he came, and he taketh it out of the right hand of him 
that sat on the throne. 

8. And when he had taken the book, the four hving creatures 
and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having 
each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the 
prayers of the saints. 

9. And they sing a new song, saying. Worthy art thou to take 
the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and 
didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, 
and people, and nation. 



REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD 67 

The Revelator is looking upon the Lamb of God, standing 
amid the redeemed in glory. He tells us how the redeemed 
throng sung a new song, saying, ''Thou art worthy to 
take the book, and to open the seals thereof, for thou 
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. '' 
We were sold under sin, but we were redeemed with blood, 
the blood of the only begotten Son of God. From the 
blood of AbeFs offering, to the tragedy of Calvary, we 
find the blood marks all the way. ''Ye were not redeemed 
by corruptible things, as silver or gold — but with the 
precious blood of Christ.^' We have many in these days 
who would reject the blood, and deny the vicarious sacri- 
fice on Calvary. To do this is to rob the book of its power, 
and our lives of the highest inspiration which could ever 
come to them. The constraining power of Christ^s love, 
has been the mightiest incentive behind his kingdom on 
earth. 

It was at the cross the fires of disinterested love were 
kindled, which have sent men and women to the ends of 
the earth, to lay down their lives for their fellows. It is 
the power of the blood which gives sustained enthusiasm 
to the toiler for God, for three score years and ten. How- 
ever lightly we may esteem the blood, the redeemed in 
glory have not forgotten the price paid. "Thou hast 
redeemed us to God by thy blood.'' This Christ was the 
only one in the universe able to open the book, and dis- 
close the names recorded there. This blood had redeemed 
from "every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation." 

The great salvation is world wide in its application — 
every kindred. I see them coming — myriad hosts from 



68 REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD 

India and China, and the sable sons of Africa; the ignorant 
Hottentot, and the Cannibals of the South Sea Islands. 
Fundamental in their new song was redemption by the 
blood. What was primary in the song of heaven, should 
not be eliminated from our songs of earth. If there is 
no vicarious merit in the blood, why did Christ set up 
this monument and bid us observe it ^Hill He come?'' 
If Christ's blood meant nothing for oiu* redemption, then 
surely the Bible is a rope of sand, and our hope of heaven, 
a dream. But He hath '' redeemed us by His blood," 
and this shall be our song forever. 

Hymn. "There is a fountain filled with blood 
Drawn from Immanuers veins." 



THE PREACHER'S GUIDE. 



province of tbe ipreacbcr. 



What is his pro\dnce, as it relates to the Matter, the 
Manner, and the Man. 

I. The matter of his message, is single, and simple. 
^^ Preach the word.'' This is not to preach about the word, 
or apologize for the word, but preach the word. He is 
to keep hard by the book. The message is not his own, 
it is from heaven, and therefore should be presented with 
unflinching fidelity. It does not become the postman to 
change the message at the door. If we preach any other 
gospel, the curse of God is invoked on us. 

''Holding forth the word of life.'' We can only hold 
forth, that which we are holding with, a firm and unyielding 
grasp. We can never wield vdih power, that which we 
hold with a questioning hand. Our message is to be given 
to the wide, wide world. Our Sa\dour's great commission 
makes every minister a missionar}\ He serves his church 
best, who serv^es with a love that belts the globe. Preach 
the word then — ^preach it to all the world. 

II. What should be the manner of the preacher. 



70 THE PREACHER 

''Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman 
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 
word of truth/ ^ ^'Therefore seeing we have this ministry, 
as we have received mercy we faint not; but have renounced 
the hidden things of dishonesty; not handling the word 
of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth, 
commending om^selves to every man's conscience, in the 
sight of God.'' Every man has a conscience, and our 
manner has chiefly to do with this faculty. If we attempt 
to deal with the reason alone, we find men differ widely 
here: and w^hat would reach some, would go over the heads 
of many and if we seek to entertain simply by appealing 
to the fancy we become insipid to others. 

Fireworks may dazzle for a little, but only makes the 
darkness more dense. We cannot always furnish fireworks, 
and when they are out, I notice that the people go home. 

The conscience is oiu* fort. ^^ Commending ourselves to 
every man's conscience, in the sight of God;'^ and this is 
to be done by manifestation of the truth. With this 
fixed purpose before the preacher, it Tvdll determine his 
manner in the piilpit. Modesty, courtesy, sincerity and 
sympathy make his manner most attractive. Nothing 
so offends the average Christian, as a big head. ''Not a 
novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into condemna- 
tion of the devil." 

III. What is essential to the man himself. 

1. Purity. 
"Keep thyself pure." No man can lead a double life, 
and keep it long from the knowledge of the spiritual men 



THE PREACHER 71 

and women of his church. ^^His speech will betray him." 
If he cannot lead a clean life, let him keep out of the min- 
istry. 

2. Integrity. 

^^ Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles." 
Transparent integrity is fundamental to the minister of 
the gospel. Pilate was a dishonest man; Simon Magus 
was a dishonest man; Judas was a dishonest man. God 
save us from duplicity in our high calling. 

3. Separated unto his calling. 

The man who succeeds in the ministry must be separated 
unto his calling. The calling is too high to brook any 
division with the world. ^^No man that warreth entan- 
gleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please 
Him who hath called him to be a soldier." He is the 
mouth piece of God for the people, and he must keep in 
close fellowship with God, if he would hear what He says. 
No man can ever win in the pulpit with a divided purpose. 

4. The minister must be a Spirit filled man. This is 
the equipment which carries in it every other, and fits 
him for his high calling. Only the Spirit-filled man has 
any right in the pulpit. Here is light for every shadow; 
wisdom for every exigency; power for every conflict. 
^^ Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come 
upon you." For this equipment, let us devoutly pray. 



72 BENEDICTIONS 

BENEDICTIONS FOR THE PULPIT 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be Tv^th you all. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the 
communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 

Grace, mercy, and peace abound to you and the whole Israel of 
God throughout the world, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good 
work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in 
his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. 
Amen. 

The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face shine 
upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His counte- 
nance upon thee, and give thee peace. 

Now unto Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above 
all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 
unto Him be glory, forever and ever. Amen. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
according to His great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by 
the resurrection of Jesus Christ fiom the dead, to whom be glory 
forever. Amen. 

May the blessing of God which maketh rich and addeth no sorrow 
thereto, rest upon and abide with us all. Amen. 

BENEDICTIONS AT THE GRAVE. 

Thus we bury our dead, returning dust to dust and earth to earth. 
Now unto Him who is the resurrection and the life, we commit 



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FORMULA FOR BAPTISM 73 

the remains of the departed one ^till the resurrection morn, imploring 
the blessing of God to rest upon, and abide with us evermore. Amen. 

As it hath pleased God to take from this tenement of clay the 
spirit that inhabited it, we commit the remains to their kindred 
elements; dust to dust, and earth to earth in full faith of final 
resurrection, and eternal life at God's right hand. Amen. 



FORMULA FOR BAPTISM. 

Bro. Henry Brown, on profession of your faith in the Lord Jesus 
Christ, I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Henry Brown, do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? (I do) 
Then I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Bro. Henry Brown, having declared your faith in the crucified 
and risen Lord, I would, in obedience to the Great Head of the 
Church, baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



MARRIAGE. 



THE FULL FORM OF MARRIAGE USED BY THE 
EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

At the day and time appointed for Solemnization of Matrimony , 
the Persons to he married shall come into the body of the Church, or 
shall be ready in some proper house, with their friends and neighbors; 
and there standing together, the Man on the right hand, and the Woman 
on the left, the Minister shall say: 

Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of 
God, and in the face of this company, to join together this Man 
and this Woman in holy Matrimony; which is commended of Saint 
Paul to be honourable among all men; and therefore is not by any 
to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly; but reverently, discreetly, 
advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God. Into this holy estate 
these two persons present come now to be joined. If any man 
can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, 
let him now speak^ or else hereafter forever hold his peace. 

And also speaking unto the Persons who are to be married, he shall 
say: 

I require and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful 
day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, 
that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be 
lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. For 
be ye well assured, that if any persons are joined together otherwise 
than as God's Word doth aUow, their marriage is not lawful. 

The Minister, if he shall have reason to doubt of the lawfulness of 
the proposed Marriage, may demand sufficient surety for his indem" 
nification: but if no impediment shall be alleged, or suspected, the 
Minister shall say to the Man: 

M. Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife, to live 
together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? 
Wilt thou love her, comfort her^ honour, and keep her in sickness 



MARRIAGE 75 

and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her,, 
so long as ye both shall live? 

The Man shall answer: 

I will. 

Then shall the Minister say unto the Woman: 

N. Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband, to live 
together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? 
Wilt thou obey him, and serv^e him, love, honour, and keep him 
in sickness and in health; and forsaking all others, keep thee only 
unto him, so long as ye both shall live? 

The Woman shall answer: 

I wiU. 

Thsn shall the Minister say: 

Who giveth this Woman to be married to this Man? 

Then shall they give their troth to each other in this manner. The 
Minister, receiving the Woman at her father^ s or friend's hands, shall 
cause the Man with his right hand to take the Woman by her right 
hand, and to say after him as followeth. 

I M. take thee N. to be my wedded vnie,\ to have and to hold from 
this day forward,] for better for worse, for richer for poorer, | in 
sickness and in health,] to love and to cherish, till death us do part,| 
according to God's holy ordinance;] and thereto I plight thee my 
troth. 

Then shall they loose their hands; and the Woman with her right hand 
taking the Man by his right hand, shall likewise say after the Minister: 

I N. take thee M. to be my wedded husband,] to have and to 
hold from this day forward,] for better for worse, for richer for 
poorer,] in sickness and in health,] to love, cherish, and to obey,| 
till death us do part,] according to God's holy ordinance;] and 
thereto I give thee my troth. 

Then shall they again loose their hands; and the Man shall give unta 
the Woman a Ring. And the Minister taking the Ring shall deliver 



76 MARRIAGE 

it unto the Man, to put it ujpon the fourth finger of the Woman's left 
hand. And the Man holding the Ring there, and taught by the Minister 
shall say: 

With this Ring I thee wed,| and v;ith all my worldly goods 1 
thee endow: I In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Then the Man, leaving the Ring upon the fourth finger of the Woman's 
left-hand, the Minister shall say: 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy ^^11 be done on earth, As it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, 
as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into 
temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen. 

O Eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind. Giver of 
all spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting life; send Thy blessing 
upon these Thy servants, this man and this woman, whom we 
bless in Thy Name; that, as Isaac and Rebecca Uved faithfully 
together, so these persons may surely perform and keep the vow 
and covenant betwixt them made, (whereof this Ring given and 
received is a token and pledge,) and may ever remain in perfect 
love and peace together, and Uve according to Thy laws; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Then shall the Minister join their right hands together, and say, 

Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asimder. 

Then shall the Minister speak unto the company: 

Forasmuch as M. and N. have consented together in holy wed- 
lock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, 
and thereto have given and pledged their troth, 'each to the other, 
and have declared the same by giving and receiving a Ring, and 
by joining hands; I pronounce that they are Man and Wife, In the 
Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



And the Mimuter shall add this hUssimg: 

God the Father. God the Son, God the Hcfy Ghoet. Weas, preaerye, 
and keep you; the Lord mercifully with His favour look upon you, 
and fill you with all spiritual benedictkHi ajod grace; that ye may 
so Hve together in this Hfe, that in the wodd to come ye may have 
life everiastiiie. A% 



MARRIAGE CEREMONY OF METHODIST 
EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

[The parts in bradDets throug^ut may be used or not at discretion.} 

At the day and time appointed far the soUmniaatUm af Matr im on y , 
the persons to be married — hawing been qua Kfied accor din g to law — 
9tmding together, the man on the rig/d hand and the Woman onthe 
left, the Minisier dball say: 

Deaiiy Bdoved, we are gathered together here in the s%ht of God, 
and in the ptesenee of these witnesses, to join together this man and 
this woman in hoty MatrinK>ny; which [k an honorable ^tate, 
instituted of God in the time of man's innooency, signifying unto qb 
the mistical miion that exists between dnist and his Qrardi; wfaidi 
hafy estate Christ adraned and beautified with his presence, and fiiBt 
miiade that he wron^t, in Cana of Galilee, and) k OGoimended of 
Saint Paul to be hmicHable auMMig all men; and therefcne is not by 
any to be entered into nnadvisedfy, but reveren tfy, discreetly, and 
in the fear of God. 

Into which hofy estate these two persons present oome now to be 
joined. Therefore if any can show just eanse why they may not 
lawfully be jcMned t^g^her, let him now qpeak, or dae hereafter 
forever hold his peace. 

[And also sp e aki ng unto the persons that are to be married, the Minister 

shaU say: 

I require and charge you both, that if either of you know any inw 
pediment why yog may not be lawfofly joined together in Matrimony, 



78 MARRIAGE 

you do now confess it: for be ye well assured, that so many as are 
coupled together otherwise than God's word doth allow, are not 
joined together by God, neither is their Matrimony lawful.] 

// no impediment he alleged, then shall the Minister say unto the Man, 

M., wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife, to live 
together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? 
Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and 
in health; and forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long 
as ye both shall live? 

The Man shall answer, 
I will. 
Then shall the Minister say unto the Woman, 

N., wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband, to live 
together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? 
Wilt thou love, honor, and keep him, in sickness and in health; 
and forsaking all other, keep thee only imto him, so long as ye both 
shall live? 

The Woman shall answer, 
I will. 
Who giveth this woman to be married to this man? 

[ Then the Minister shall cause the Man with his right hand to take the 
Woman hy her right hand, and to say after him as followeth: 

I., M, take thee, N,, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, 
from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in 
sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, 
according to Grod's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my 
faith. 

Then shall they loose their hands, and the Woman vnth her right hand 
taking the Man hy his right hand, shall likewise say after the Minister: 

1, N., take thee, M., to be my wedded husband, to have and to 
hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for 



MARRIAGE 79 

poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death 
us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight 
thee my faith.] Ring. 

Then shall the Minister pray thus: 
Lord's Prayer. 

O eternal God, Creator and Presenter of all mankind, Giver of all 
spiritual grace, the Author of everiasting life: send thy blessing upon 
these thy serv^ants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in thy 
name; that as Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together, so these 
persons may surely perform and keep the vow and covenant between 
them made, and may ever remain in perfect love and peace 
together, and live according to thy laws, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Here Minister joins their right hands and say: Those whom God 
hath put joined together, let no man put asunder. 

[// the parties desire it, the Man shall here hand a Ring to the Minister, 
who shall return it to him, and direct him to place it on the third 
finger of the Woman's left hand. And the Man shall say to the 
Woman, repeating after the Minister: 
With this ring I thee wed, and with my woridly goods I thee 

endow, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 

Ghost. Amen.] 

Then shall the Minister join their right hands together, and say, 
Forasmuch as M. and A', have consented together in holy wedlock 
and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and 
thereto have pleged their faith either to other, and have declared 
the same by joining of hands; I pronounce that they are husband 
and wife together, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Those whom God hath joined together, let no 
man put asunder. Amen. 

And the Minister shall add this blessing: 
God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, 
and keep you; the Lord mercifully ^ith his favor look upon you, 



80 MARRIAGE 

and so fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace that ye may 
so live together in this hfe that in the world to come ye may have 
life everlasting. Amen, 

Then shall the Minister offer the following Prayer: 

O God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, bless this man 
and this woman, and sow the seed of eternal life in their hearts, that 
whatsoever in thy holy word they shall profitably learn, they may 
indeed fulfill the same. Look, O Lord, mercifully on them from 
heaven, and bless them: as thou didst send thy blessings upon 
Abraham and Sarah to their great comfort, so vouchsafe to send 
thy blessings upon this man and this woman, that they, obeying 
thy will, and always being in safety under thy protection, may abide 
in thy love unto their lives' end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Almighty God, who at the beginning didst create our first parents, 
Adam and Eve, and didst sanctify and join them together in mar- 
riage, pour upon these persons the riches of thy grace, sanctify and 
bless them, that they may please thee both in body and soul, and 
live together in holy love unto their lives' end. Amen. 

Here the Minister may use extemporary Prayer. 

Then the Minister shall repeat the hordes Prayer: 

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive them that trespass against us: and lead us not into tempta- 
tion, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, forever. Amen. 



CONDENSED FORM OF MARRIAGE USING THE RING. 

The Institution of Holy Matrimony, was one ordained of God 
in Paradise, amid the scenes of purity and innocence. It is the 
highest and holiest of all earthly relationships. For the purpose 
of uniting in these sacred bonds, you present yourselves on this 



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occasion, and you may in token of your free and deliberate choice 
of each other as partners for life unite right hands. Do you A. B. 
take the woman you hold by the hand to be your lawful and wedded 
wife, and promise to love, cherish, and protect her, and leaving all 
others cleave only unto her until death shall separate, do you 
promise? (/ do jyromise.) Do you C. D. take the man you hold 
by the hand to be your lawful and wedded husband, and promise 
to love, cherish and honour him, and leaving all others cleave only 
unto him until death shall separate you, do you promise? (/ do 
promise.) 

What seal do you give of plighted faith and affection? 

(The man then lets go of the right hand, and taking the woman^s 
left hand in his left hand, and with the right hand places the ring on 
the, ring finger, letting the hands remain together, while the minister 
places his hands on theirs, saying:) 

With this ring I thee wed, and with my heart's deepest affections 
I thee endow. {The man repeating the same after him. Then the 
minister says:) 

May this ring remain a fit emblem of the brighter link uniting 
your hearts, of the richer circle of your conamon affections, and 
as it is without end, so may your happiness and prosperity endure 
forever. Having thus entered into the marriage covenant, by 
plighting your troth each to the other, in the giving and receiving 
the ring, I do in the presence of God and these witnesses, by the 
power vested in me as a minister of the gospel, pronounce you 
husband and wiie; no more twain but one flesh, one in all your 
temporal interests, one in every event of life, whether prosperous 
or adverse; one in every condition whether in sickness or health, 
and what God hath joined together let no man put asunder. 

(Prayer). 

A BRIEF FORM OF MARRIAGE WITHOUT THE RING. 

The bonds of wedlock, are the most sacred and holy of all ever 
entered into by mortals. After due deliberation of this important 



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subject, you present yourselves on this occasion for the purpose 
of uniting in these sacred bonds; and you may in token of your 
free and deliberate choice of each other as partners for life, unite 
right hands. Do you mutually pledge to each other your plighted 
faith and affection, and promise to take each other as husband and 
wife, and practice all those offices of duty and affection which 
God in his word enjoins upon this relation, do you promise? 

The 'parties answering together: {We do promise.) 

As you have taken the marriage vows, I do in the presence of 
God and these witnesses pronounce you husband and wife; no more 
twain but one flesh, one in all your temporal interests, whether 
prosperous or adverse; one in every condition whether in sickness 
or health, and what God hath joined together let no man put 
.asunder. 

i^Prayer,) 



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INFANT. 

Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of 
trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: 
he fieeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. — Job 14: 
1-2. 

What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth 
for a little time, and then vanisheth away. — James 4: 14. 

And they were bringing unto him little children, that 
he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them. 
But when Jesus saw it he was moved with indignation, 
and said unto them. Suffer the little children to come unto 
me; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. 
Verily I say unto you. Whosoever shall not receive the 
kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter 
therein. And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, 
laying his hands upon them. — ^Mark 10: 13-16. 

David therefore besought God for the child; and David 
fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 
And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, 
to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither 
did he eat bread with them. And it came to pass on the 
seventh day that the child died. And the servants of 
David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they 
said. Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto 
him, and he hearkened not to our voice: how will he then 
vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead? But 
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gether, David perceived that the child was dead : and said 
unto his servants, is the child dead? And they said, He 
is dead. Then David rose from the earth and washed, 
and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he 
came unto the house of Jehovah, and worshipped: then 
he came to his own house; and when he required, they 
set bread before him, and he did eat. Then said his 
servants unto him. What thing is this that thou hast done? 
thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; 
but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 
And he said. While the child was yet alive I fasted and 
wept: for I said. Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not 
be gracious to me, that the child may live? But -now he is 
dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back 
again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. — 
2 Sam. 12: 15-23. 

A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter 
weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth 
to be comforted for her children; because they are not. 

The child is not (said Reuben of Joseph) ; and I, whither 
shall I go.— Gen. 37: 30. 

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous 
but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto 
them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of 
righteousness. — Heb. 12: 11. 

Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden 
and I will give you rest. — ^Matt. 11: 28. 



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MY BABE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS. 

My babe in the arms of Jesus 

My rare, fair babe, 

My own sweet maid! 
My blue-eyed, gold-haired, undefiled. 
My white-souled, holy, heavenly child, 
My beautiful, where blooms ne^er fade, 
My babe in the arms of Jesus! 

My babe in the arms of Jesus! 
• My happy babe! 
My heart-free maid! 
With glad step 'mid celestial throngs, 
And laugh unchecked 'mid angel songs; 
My joyous babe, where joy belongs, 
My babe in the arms of Jesus! 

My babe in the arms of Jesus! 

With never a fear, 

And never a tear; 
With soul expanding in heaven's bliss. 
And face uplifted to heaven's kiss! 
Ah, who could you wish back from this? 
My babe in the arms of Jesus! 

Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 



MY ANGEL. 

Two wings were folded at my gate, 

I knew it not; 
I thought a little babe, belate. 

Had reached the spot; — 
A helpless, fragrant, spotless thing. 
But with no hint of hidden wing. 



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My beauteous nestling! One sad day 

It drooped and slept; 
I hung above what seemed but clay 

And clung and wept; 
When, strange, a rustling, faint but clear. 
Proclaimed some fluttering wing was near. 

I looked, and lo, the child I loved 

Was heaven's own; 
y A radiant, heavenly, holy dove 

Before the throne; 
The wings once folded at my door, 
Had spread for realms well-known before. 

Dear Lord, kind Lord, much grief is wrong, 

Thy love has won. 
I thank Thee Thou didst spare so long 

Thy little one. 
And giv'st me now of heaven a share 
In one so loved and cherished there. 

Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 



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YOUTH. 



Like as a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth 
them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame; He 
remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days 
are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place 
thereof shall know it no more. But the loving-kindness 
of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them 
that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's 
children.— Ps. 103: 13-17. 

Oh send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me: 
let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy taber- 
nacles.— Ps. 43: 3-4. 

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, 
before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when 
thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. — Eccl. 12: 1. 

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; and He will give thee 
the desires of thy heart. Commit thy way unto Jehovah; 

* * and he shall make thy righteousness to go forth as 
the light.— Ps. 37; 4-6. 

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may 
be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. — 
Ex. 20: 12. 

* * Let thy heart keep my commandments: for length 
of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee. 
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy 
paths. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom. She is 
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canst desire are to be compared unto her. Length of 
days is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and 
honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her 
paths are peace. — Prov. 3: 1, 2, 6, 13, 15-17. 

Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; and 
my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man 
at his best estate is altogether vanity. — Ps. 39: 5. 

My days are swifter than a weaver^s shuttle. — Job. 7: 6. 

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not 
what a day may bring forth. — Prov. 27: 1. 

Thus saith Jehovah, Set thine house in order; for thou 
shalt die and not live. — Isa. 38: 1. 

What man is he that shall live and not see death, that 
shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? — Ps. 89: 48. 

Jehovah, make me to know mine end, and the measure 
of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am. — 
Ps. 39:4. 

So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a 
heart of wisdom. — Ps. 90: 12. 



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FOR A FRIEND IN SORROW. 

It was a tender hand that drew my boy away, 
Out of earth's shadow into heaven's day; 
It was a loving voice that called him home, 
I catch its distant music, — '* Darling — come!'' 

I know he lives with angels now, my boy, 
He sees their radiant faces, feels their joy; 
And heaven is dearer, nearer and so fair, 
Since this dear treasure of my heart is there. 

And yet my arms are empty — oh! to hold 
His face against my bosom as of old. 
To clasp him close and feel the tender bliss 
Of his warm nestling touch, and baby kiss. 

Lord, help me if I sometimes wonder why 
The message came for him and passed me by. 
And marvel in my sad perplexity 
How he can be content away from me! 

Yet dearest Lord, I will not long repine. 

My bleeding heart shall find its balm in thine, 

In the dark shadows I will feel for thee 

And trust thee — as my baby trusted me. — Anonymous. 

HOME FIRST. 

Home first! Dear heart, is that not well? 
Feet early wearied, early rest. 
The loving one seeks love's dear breast 
Ere shadows fall o'er hill and dell. 
Ere chimes the lonely midnight bell. 
Ah, early garnered, early blest, 
We grudge thee not the best. 
Home first. 



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Home first! How great the Father's love! 
He knew earth's storms and its despair, 
Its lonely griefs, its wanderings drear. 
Too steep its paths for thee to rove — 
His strong arms gathered thee, our dove, 
And set thee, 'v\'ith His angel's rare, 
Beyond the touch of care. 
Home first! 

Home first! Our souls speed on the way — 
The paths appointed for our feet 
Ere the eternal we may greet. 
We run — nor sigh at God's delay — 
Accept His work, His tvtII, His ^^Nay," 
Till, by His grace we're called to meet 
Our loved — O rapture sweet! 
Home first! 

— Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 



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YOUNG MAN. 

Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before 
the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou 
shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. — Eccl. 12: 1. 

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon 
him while he is near.— Is 55: 6. 

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 
—Lam. 3: 27. 

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart 
cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways 
of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou 
that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 
—Eccl. 11: 9. 

As he (Jesus) was going forth into the way, there ran 
one to him, and asked him. Good Teacher, what shall I 
do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said * * 
Thou knowest the commandments. Do not kill, Do not 
commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness, 
Do not defraud. Honor thy father and mother. And he 
said unto him. Teacher, all these things have I observed from 
my youth. And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and 
said unto him. One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever 
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure 
in heaven: and come and follow me. But his countenance 
fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful ; for he was 
one that had great possessions. — ^Mark 10: 17-22. 

What shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole 
world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his life?— Matt. 16: 26. 



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There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the 
end thereof are the ways of death. — Prov. 14: 12. 

Every way of a man seemeth right in his own eyes; but 
Jehovah weigheth the hearts. — Prov. 21: 2. 

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; 
.and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord 
when he shall return from the marriage feast; that when 
he Cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto 
him. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he 
<iometh shall find watching. — Luke 12: 35-37. 

None of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself. 
* * We shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. 
So then each one of us shall give account of himself to 
God.— Rom. 14: 7, 10, 12. 

Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the 
whole duty of man. — Eccl. 12: 13. 

He doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, 
cEnd among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can 
stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? — Dan. 
4: 35. 

I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the 
house appointed for all living. — Job 30: 23. 

Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest. Return 
ye children of men. — Ps. 90: 3. 

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his 
months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds 
that he cannot pass. — Job 14: 5. 

r Thus saith Jehovah, set thy house in order; for thou 
:shalt die, and not live. — 2 Kings 20: 1. 

Prepare to meet thy God. — Amos 4: 12. 



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Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your 
Lord Cometh. Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour 
that ye think not the Son of Man cometh. — Matt. 24: 42-44. 

OUT OF THE DEPTHS. 

Thou that art strong to comfort, look on me! 

I sit in darkness, and behold no light! 
Over my heart the waves of agony 

Have gone and left me faint! Forbear to smite 
A bruised and broken reed! Sustain, sustain, 

Divinest Comforter, to Thee I fly; 

Let me not fly in vain! 

Support me with Thy love, or else I die! 
Whatever I had was thine! 

A God of mercy thou hast ever been; 
Assist me to resign. 

And if I murmur, count it not for sin! 
How rich I was, I dare not — dare not think; 
How poor I am, Thou knowest, who can see 
Into my soul^s unfathomed misery; 

Forgive me if I shrink! 
Forgive me if I shed these human tears. 
That it so hard appears 
To yield my life to thine, forgive, forgive! 

Father, it is a bitter cup to drink! 

My soul is strengthened! it shall bear 

My lot, whatever it may be; 
And from the depths of my despair 

I will look up and trust in Thee! — Mary HowiU, 



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TO MOURN IS NOT TO SIN. 

To mourn is not to sin, 
All tears are not rebellious. Witness Thou who wailed 
Above Jerusalem, and wept beside the tomb; 
Whose heart broke at the cross. To mourn is not to sin. 
Thank God all tears are not rebelhous. Weep, sad heart, 
The weight relieved by tears might crush thee, otherwise. 

Say what we will we love the clay, the soul's enshrinement. 
To know the winter snow lies piled above the form — 
The precious form we pressed — is pain and nothing less: 
And God as God — the knowing, sympathizing God — 
Pities our poor humanity, but never chides. 
The heart grows sick because it is an earth-heart yet. 
Still waits for, hath not yet received, redemption full. 
Angels might weep like this and never soil their robes, 
Weep tears like these I shed above my treasured one — 
My white-souled one — that angels loved too well, so well 
They coaxed her to their courts. 

Nay, I do love God's will. 
I would not have it otherwise than He sees best. 
And yet I faint for just her palm's soft touch sometimes 
And feel that years spent for one fond embrace were not 
Lost years, or squandered quite. 

Oh I am very human! 
But Thou wert himian too, my Lord, dost understand; 
And, looking in Thy face, I find no frown writ there, 
No judgment; only tender, sorrow-lighted eyes 
And quivering lips of love. And so I love Thee, Lord, 
Love better as I gaze. — Mrs. S. R, Graham Clark. 



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CHRISTIAN. 



Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want : He maketh me 
to lie down in green pastures : He leadeth me beside still 
waters, He restoreth niy soul : He guideth me in the paths 
of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I 
walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear 
no evil; for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff, they 
comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the 
presence of mine enemies : thou hast anointed my head with 
oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and loving- 
kindness shall follow me all the days of my life: and I 
shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever. — Ps. 23. 

Like a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth 
them that fear Him. For he knoweth our frame; he 
reiTiembereth that we are dust. As for man his days are 
as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For 
the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place 
thereof shall know it no more. But the lovingkindness 
of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them 
that fear him and his righteousness unto children's chil- 
ren, to such as keep his covenant, and to those that 
remember his precepts to do them. — Ps. 103 ; 13-18. 

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High 
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will 
say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, 
in whom I trust. * * Because he hath set his love upon 
me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high 
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me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: 
I will deliver him, and honor him. — Ps. 91: 1-2, 14, 15. 

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and at last he will 
stand up upon the earth; and after my skin, even this 
body, is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God; 
whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, and mine eyes shall 
behold, and not as a stranger. — Job 19: 25-27. 

Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou hast 
holden my right hand. 

If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my 
warfare would I wait, till my release should come. Thou 
wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have 
a desire to the work of thy hands. But now thou num- 
berest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? — 
Job 11: 14-18. 

Now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: 
now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as 
also I was fully known. — 1 Cor. 13: 12. 

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, my heart said unto 
Thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek. Hide not thy face 
from me.— Ps. 27: 8-9. 

Seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated 
on the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things 
that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 
For ye died (if ye are his), and your life is hid in Christ 
with God.— Col. 3: 1-3. 

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not 
yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if 
he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall 
see him even as he is. — 1 John 3: 2. 



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"Child of love, lean hard! 
And let me feel the pressure of thy care. 
I know thy burden, for I fashioned it. 
Poised it in my own hand and made its weight 
Precisely that which I saw best for thee; 
And when I placed it on thy shrinking form, 
I said: 'I shall be near, and while thou leanest 
On me, this burden shall be mine, not thine.' 

So shall I keep within my circling arms 
The child of my own love; here lay it down, 
Nor fear to weary him who made, upholds 
And guides the universe. Yet closer come; 
Thou art not near enough. Thy care, thy self. 
Lay both on me, that I may feel my child 
Reposing on my heart. Thou lovest me? 
I doubt it not; then, loving me, lean hard.'' 

— M. E. Pearce. 



ONLY A STEP. 

Farewell, beloved, yet not for long, farewell! 
We're nearer heaven, perhaps, than we can tell. 

A moment's breath, or want of breath, and, lo. 
Up through the golden gates we, too, shall go, 
And greet thee in thy garments w^hite as snow. 

Ye are not far. Ah, nearer than we dream 
Thy place and ours — a tiny step between. 
When work is done and heaven's bells ring noon. 
We'll fold our w^orking clothes and hasten home, 
Clasp hands in glory, ne'er to part or roam. 

— Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 



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HE GIVETH REST. 

He giveth rest, O blessed He 
And blessed they His rest who gain, 
And blessed thou, forever free 
At last from thy long years of pain! 
He giveth rest. 

He giveth rest. The night was long 
And all the sky was overcast; 
But crimson breaks the glorious dawn 
With pangs and shadows safely passed. 
He giveth rest. 

He giveth rest. The lips that smiled 
When pain was sapping all life's springs, 
Now ope to rapturous melodies, 
While angel hands touch golden strings, 
i He giveth rest. 

He giveth rest. O thou, beloved, 

Who shared with Christ on earth His cross, 

He shares with thee His glory now, 

And ours only is the loss. 

He giveth rest. 

Tis well. O dear to Him and us, 
Let not our sighs disturb thy calm, 
More real heaven, more welcome toil. 
Since thou hast reached thy crown and palm, 
God's endless rest. 

— Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 



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MATURITY. 



Fear not; I am the first and the last, and the Living one; 
and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I 
have the keys of death and Hades. — Rev. 1: 17, 18. 

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from hence- 
forth : yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their 
labors; for their works follow with them. — Rev. 14: 13. 

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot 
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption 
inherit incorruption. — 1 Cor. 15: 50. 

Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last 
end be like his. — Numbers 23: 10. 

I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the 
water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit 
these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 
—Rev. 21: 6, 7. 

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that 
no one take thy crown. — Rev. 3: 11. 

Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think 
not the Son of man cometh. — Matt. 24: 44. 

We must all be made manifest before the judgment seat 
of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in 
the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be 
good or bad. — 2 Cor. 5: 10. 

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous 
but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit 
unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the 
fruit of righteousness. — Heb. 12: 11. 

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Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and 
learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall 
find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and 
my burden is light.— Matt. 11: 28, 30. 

I am the resurrection and the life : he that believeth on 
me, though he die, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth 
and believeth on me shall never die. — John 11: 25, 26. 

Because I live ye shall live also. — John 14: 19. 

death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy 
sting? The sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is 
the law; but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Cor. 15: 55-57. 

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the 
weary are at rest. — Job. 3: 17. 

Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of 
entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come 
short of it. There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for 
the people of God. Let us therefore give diligence to 
enter into that rest.^Heb. 4: 9, 11. 

IT COMES AT LAST. 

It comes at last, the day we crave with dreading, 
The day of labor ended, folded palms, 
Of sighing done, lifers frail bark high up-drifted, 
O'er moaning sandbars to majestic calms; 
To all the grieving — every milestone passed — 
We say a long goodbye, at last, at last! 

It comes at last, the solemn, strange unfolding 
Of death's dim mystery, so vague, so feared; 



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The souFs tuitions, fluttering lifelong feebly, 
Spring wide to fact — clouds scattered, vision cleared. 
We grope no longer — every milestone passed — 
We ask not, fear not, know, no last, at last! 

It comes at last, the meaning of the rapture, 
The hidden lesson in the eating pain. 
The subtle sense in Time of the Eternal, 
The constant stretch for the elusive, vain: 
God is, heaven opes — earth's milestone passed — 
And eye to eye we see, at last, at last! 

It comes at last, the good we sought with weeping; 
Sin fully conquered, self forever slain; 
The ill we would not, never more triumphant, 
The good we would, abiding — purged each pain: 
Earth's weakness dropped, its every milestone passed, 
Into His image changed, at last, at last! 

Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 



AFTER— FRUIT. 

He gives. He takes. Give thou but thanks, 
Pain's fruit is joy when overpast; 

The sun and shade, the mom and night. 
Make perfect day at last. 

Gethsemane and Calvary, 

Mean heaven and rest to you and me. 

We climb our cross to reach the skies — 
The skies that else were never seen. 

Beyond its heights is paradise. 
But agony between. 

The door Christ opened by His pain, 

Only by suffering we can gain. 



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Yet still it lures us — standing wide — 

Leads us through garden and through grave, 

Until we reach the other side, 

Streams crossed, no foes to brave — 

Till swept by perfume laden breeze. 

We pluck heaven's fruit from heaven's trees. 

Mrs. S, R. Graham Clark, 



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OLD AGE. 

Even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I 
carry you: I have made, and 1 will bear; yea, I will carry, 
and I will deliver. — Is. 46: 4. 

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot 
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit 
incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery; We all shall 
not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the 
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, for the trumpet 
shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and 
we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on in- 
corruption and this mortal must put on immortality. But 
when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and 
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall 
come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed 
up in victory. O death, where is thy victory? death, 
where is thy sting? The sting of death is sin, and the 
power of sin is the law, but thanks be to God, who giveth us 
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore, my 
beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always 
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know 
that your labor is not vain in the Lord. — I Cor. 15:50-58. 

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, 
so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is 
gone: and the place thereof shall know it no more. — Ps. 
103: 15-16 

The days of our years are three-score years and ten, or 
even by reason of strength four score years, yet is their 



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pride but labor and sorrow; for it is soon gone and we fly 
away.— Ps. 90: 10. 

Jehovah, make me know mine end, and the measure 
of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am. Be- 
hold thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my 
life-time is as nothing before thee: surely every man at his 
best estate is altogether vanity. — Ps. 39: 4-5. 

A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, blessed 
are his children after him. — Prov. 20: 7. 

I have been yoimg and now am old; yet have I not seen 
the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. — Ps. 37 : 
25. 

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want, * * Thy rod 
and thy staff, they comfort me. Surely goodness and 
lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life. — 
Ps. 23: 1, 4, 6. 

Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. — Ps. 10: 14. 

I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not 
worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be 
revealed to us-ward.— Rom. 8: 18. 

He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and 
death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning 
nor crying, nor pain, any more; the first things are passed 
away. — Rev. 21 : 4. 

Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord from hence- 
forth yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labors; for the works follow with them. — Rev. 
14: 13. 

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet 
made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he 



FUNERALS. 105 

shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see 
him even as he is. — 1 John 3: 2. 

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — Phil. 
1: 21. 

When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then 
shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. — Col. 3 : 4. 



PRAYER FOR STRENGTH. 

Father, before thy footstool kneeling, 
Once more my heart goes up to thee, 

For aid, for strength to thee appealing, 
Thou who alone canst succor me. 

Hear me! for heart and flesh are failing, 

My spirit yielding in the strife; 
And anguish, wild as unavailing, 

Sweeps in a flood across my life. 

Help me to stem the tide of sorrow; 

Help me to bear thy chastening rod; 
Give me endurance; let me borrow 

Strength from thy promise, O my God! 

Not mine the grief which words may lighten; 

Not mine the tears of common woe: 
The pang with which my heart-strings tighten, 

Only the All-seeing One may know. 

Oh! let me feel that thou art near me; 

Close to thy side, I shall not fear: 
Hear me, O Strength of Israel, hear me! 

Sustain and aid! in mercy hear! 

— AnonymoiLS. 



106 FUNERALS. 

A SOLDIER GONE. 

They fall along our busy ways, 
The soldiers true and tried; 
Another, with his armor on, 

Has dropped down by our side. 

So true was he of heart and hand, 

So helpful in the strife, 
So faithful to the present need, 

We miss him from our life. 

The hands so still and cold to-day, 

Were stretched in love so long 
To help the fallen ones arise, 

To make the tottering strong. 

That they who miss their ministry 

Drop praise with every tear 
That falls from over-burdened hearts 

Upon our brother's bier. 

Mourned wilt thou be and cherished still, 

In memory and in heart, 
For in the strife of good with ill 

Full well thou didst thy part. 

Soldier, well done! The cause of right 

Will ever owe thee debt. 
Well earned thy rest! For us alone 

Is sorrow and regret. 

Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark, 



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LICENSE TO PREACH. 

The Church 

by unanimous resolution authorized you to conduct religious meet- 
ings and perform all offices of the Christian Ministiy, except the 
administration of ordinances and the oversight of a Bishop. You 
are hereby commended to the confidence and sympathy of sister 
churches, in your labors to win souls, and build up the kingdom 
of Christ. 

By order and in behalf of the Church. 

CUrh. 
Pastor, 



CHURCH LETTERS. 

The Church in 

To the 
Dear Brethren: 

This is to certify, that is a member in^ 

regular standing with us, and with our cordial consent is at liberty 
to transfer membership to you. 

If is received into your fellowship, and the 

inclosed letter of acknowledgment is returned to us within three 
months, we shall consider as no longer under 

our watch-care and discipline. 
In behalf of the church. 

Ch. Clerk. 



108 ECCLESIASTICAL FORMULAS. 

The 
To the Church in 

Dear Brethren: 

Your letter commending to our fellowship 
was duly received; and in acknowledgment of these testimonials, 
and in accordance with own request, was 

received into membership with us, the day of 19 

By order of the Church. 

Ch. Clerk, 
19 



TO ANY SISTER CHURCH. 

Dear Brethren: 

The bearer is a member with us in good 

^^tanding. During his absence from us we cordially commend 
him to your fellowship, and pray that his association with you 
may be a mutual blessing, and that he may be safely returned to 
us laden with the experience of the Divine Goodness. 

Cl^h. 
Pastor. 



ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL. 

The Church in 
To the 
Dear Brethren: 

You are requested to send your pastor, and delegates, to sit in 
council with us, on day of at o'clock; to take 

into consideration the expediency of ordaining to the work of the 
Gospel ministry. 

In behalf of the Church. 

Cl&rk. 



ECCLESIASTICAL FORMULAS. 109 

MINUTES OF ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCILS. 

An Ecclesiastical Council convened at on day 

of pursuant to an invitation from 

The Council was organized by the choice of s&: 

Moderator, and Clerk. 

Prayer by 
The Moderator then called for the reading of the resolution of 
the Church, authorizing the call of the Council (or the letter stating 
the object for which the Council was convened). 

The credentials of delegates were then called for, when it 
appeared that the following churches were represented by the 
following brethren: 

Churches Delegates.. 

Whereupon 

Clerk. Moderator^ 



MINUTES OF CHURCH MEETINGS. 

The Church held its stated meeting for business 
evening, at o'clock. 

in the chair. 

Prayer by Bro. 

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 

related before the Church his Christian 
experience, whereupon it was resolved, that he be received as a 
member of the Church, after baptism. 

A letter of dismission and recommendation of 
from Church was read; whereupon, agreeably 

with his own request, he was by a vote received into the fellowship 
of this Church. 

The unfinished business of the last meeting was then taken up. 

New business. 

Clerk, 



110 ECCLESIASTICAL FORMULAS. 

MINUTES OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OR A COMMITTEE. 

Trustees (or Committee) met on at 

Present, brethren 

(If the first meeting, organized by appointing Bro. 
Chairman, and Bro. Clerk.) Bro. in the chair. 

Prayer by Bro. 

Minutes of last meeting read, corrected, and approved. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 
Adjourned to meet on 

Clerk. 



MINUTES OF OCCASIONAL CONVENTIONS. 

A Convention assembled at on the day of at 

A. M., to take into consideration 

The meeting was called to order by and 

was unanimously chosen Chairman, and 

Secretary. 

The Chairman then read the call by which the meeting was 

convened, and stated the objects of the Convention, whereupon 

Chairman. 

Secretary, 



IRulee of ®rt)er. 



ORGANIZATION OF AN ASSEMBLY. 

Every deliberative assembly, becomes de facto subject to those 
rules and forms of proceeding, necessary to the accomplishment 
of the purposes of its convocation. 

When assembled according to appointment, any individual may 
call the members to order, announcing the arrival of the time of 
the meeting, and suggesting the necessity of organizing by the 
appointment of a Chairman, before proceeding to business. The 
same person should put the question upon a nomination for pre- 
siding officer, and declare the election. 

The chairman taking his seat, should proceed in the same manner 
to complete the organization of the assembly, by the choice of 
Secretary, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary. 

In all deliberative assemblies, the members of which are chosen 
to represent others, it is necessary after this temporary, and before 
the permanent organization, or when the assembly is permanently 
organized, before proceeding to any other business, to ascertain by 
committee or otherwise, who are properly members. 

Councils or Boards, holding stated meetings, cannot properly 
proceed to business, unless a prescribed number, called a quonma, 
are present, and should suspend business when reduced below that 
number, by the absence of members. 

When the number of a quonmi has not been determined by rule, 
the majority of the members composing the assembly constitute 
said quorum. 

In adopting rules of business, it is usual to provide for the mode 
of their amendment, suspension, or repeal. But where there is 
no provision, a rule cannot be suspended in a particular case, except 
by general consent. 



112 RULES OF ORDER. 

When any existing rules of proceeding are disregarded or infringed, 
any member has a right to require the enforcement of the rule, 
without debate or delay, it then being too late to alter or suspend 
it for that particular case. 

All questions should be decided by a majority of votes; unless 
by special provision, less than a majority be allowed, or more than 
a majority required to effect a decision. 

When a constitution with its various provisions, has been adopted, 
the permanent officers should be elected. They should be elected 
by absolute majorities. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

It is the duty of the presiding officer to call the members to 
order at the proper time; to announce the business in its order, 
before the assembly; to receive and submit all motions presented 
by the members; put to vote all questions regularly moved, and 
announce the result; to enforce the observance of order in the debate, 
and decorum among the members; to receive and announce com- 
munications; to authenticate by his signature, when necessary, 
the acts and proceedings of the assembly; to inform the assembly 
when necessary, or when referred to for the purpose, on a point of 
order or practice; to name Committees, when directed in a partic- 
ular case, or when it is made a part of his general duty by a rule; 
and in general, to represent and stand for the assembly, declaring 
its will, and in all things obeying implicitly its commands. 

In case of the absence of the Chairman, or of his withdrawing 
from the chair, for the purpose of participating in the business, the 
Vice-President shall preside, and if there be no Vice-President, a 
presiding officer must be elected, pro tempore, the Secretary con- 
ducting the proceedings meantime. The presiding officer should 
rise to state a motion, or put a question to the assembly; should 
give the closest attention to each speaker, remembering that but 
one subject can be before the assembly at once; and when brought 
into doubt as to his manner of proceeding, should remember that 
the great purpose of all rules and forms, is to subserve the will of 



RULES OF ORDER. 113 

the assembly, rather than restrain it, to facilitate and not obstruct 
the expression of their deliberate sense. 

SECRETARY. 

The principal duty of the Secretary in legislative assemblies, 
is to preserve the record of what is done and past, not including 
what is merely said or moved. In more informal bodies, though 
governed by the spirit of this rule, he is also expected to keep in 
some sort, an account of the proceedings; to call the roll of the 
assembly when a call is ordered; read papers required to be read; 
notify Committees of their appointment; authenticate all the 
proceedings of the assembly by his signature; and preserve the papers 
and books belonging to the assembly. The clerk should stand 
while reading or calling the assembly. 

MEMBERS. 

All members have an equal privilege of submitting, explaining 
and advocating propositions. 

No member in the course of debate shall be allowed to indulge 
in personal reflections. 

If more than one member rise to speak at the same time, the 
member that is most distant from the Moderator's chair, shall 
speak first. 

If any member consider himself as aggrieved by a decision of 
the Moderator, it shall be his privilege to appeal to the assembly, 
and the question on such appeal shall be taken without debate. 

No member should decline voting on any question unless excused 
by the assembly, and silent members should be considered as 
acquiescing with the majority, unless excused from voting. 

Every proposition before the Assembly should be reduced to 
writing, at the request of the Moderator or any member. 

PREVIOUS QUESTION. 
A proposition may be suppressed by the previous question, 
put in the following form: ^' Shall the main question now be put?'* 



114 RULES OF ORDER. 

If the previous question is decided in the negative, it may not 
be renewed the same session. 

The affirmative decision of the previous question, requires the 
original motion to be immediately put, without further debate 
and in the form in which it exists. 

INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT. 

A proposition may be suppressed entirely by the motion for 
indefinite postponement. As an indefinite adjournment is equiva- 
lent to the dissolution of an assembly, the indefinite postponement 
of a subject, entirely disposes of it. 

A subject thus postponed cannot be called up again the same 
session, unless by the consent of three-fourths of the members 
who were present at the decision. 

LAYING ON THE TABLE. 

A proposition may be postponed for information or reflection, 
and examination, or for opportunity to attend to something else 
claiming present attention. 

If laid on the table for this purpose, it may be taken up by motion 
at the convenience of the assembly; if postponed to a particular 
hour, it must be taken up at the time specified; if laid on the table 
to give place to other business, if not called up by motion, it remains 
as though indefinitely postponed. 

REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE. 

A proposition may be referred to a standing or select Committee, 
with discretionary power, or with general or particular instruction, 
or parts of the proposition may be referred to different Committees 
for the purpose of having the subject more thoroughly considered, 
and presented to the assembly in a more satisfactory manner. 

DIVISION OF A QUESTION. 
When a proposition comprises several distinct parts, which are 
so far independent of each other as to be susceptible of division into 



RULES OF ORDER. 115 

several questions, and it is supposed that the assembly may approve 
of some, but not of all these parts, by the order of the assembly 
on a motion regularly made and seconded (or at the request of 
the Moderator or any member, if there be no objection), that 
proposition may be divided, and the parts considered separately, 
as so many distinct motions. 

FILLING BLANKS. 

Blanks left in a proposition by the mover, may be filled by vote 
of the assembly, taking the question upon the largest number, 
and the longest time, first. 

SIMPLIFYING QUESTIONS. 

Matter embraced in two propositions, may be reduced to one by 
reference to a Committee, with instructions, or by rejecting one 
and adding the substance of its meaning to the other, in an amend- 
ment. 

A mover may not modify or withdraw his own motion, after 
discussion, if any member object, without a formal vote. 

Nor may a member accept an amendment to his proposition 
after discussion, without its being passed by vote, if any member 
object. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Amendments to a proposition, should be proposed in the order 
of its paragraphs. Amendments may be made in three ways, by 
striking out words, by inserting words, or by striking out some 
words and inserting others. There may be an amendment to an 
amendment, but not an amendment to that amendment. The 
last amendment should be taken first, and all motions in that order. 

Whatever is agreed to by the assembly, on a vote either adopting 
or rejecting a proposed amendment, cannot be afterguards altered 
or amended. 

Whatever is disagreed to, in a proposed amendment, by the 
assembly, on a vote, cannot be afterwards moved. 



116 RULES OF ORDER. 

The inconsistency of a proposed amendment, with one which 
has already been adopted, is a ground for its rejection by the 
assembly, upon a vote, but not by the moderator. 

Amendments may be made to a proposition not only varying its 
meaning, but presenting a directly opposite sense; and often in 
legislative assemblies, bills are amended by striking out all after 
the enacting clause and inserting an entirely new bill; and resolu- 
tions are amended by striking out all after the words ^ ^resolved 
that,^' and inserting a proposition of a wholly different tenor. 

DIFFERENT MOTIONS. 

When any motion is under debate, no motion can be received 
unless to amend it, to commit it, to postpone it for the previous 
question, or to adjourn. 

A motion to adjourn takes precedence of all others, and when 
made simply, without specifications of purpose, or time, is taken 
without debate. 

An adjournment without day is equivalent to a dissolution. 
An adjournment pending the consideration of any subject, super* 
sedes that discussion unless again brought forward in the usual way. 

Any question upon the rights of members, takes precedence of all 
other motions except for adjournment. 

A motion for the order of the day, previously fixed upon, ranks 
next in privilege to the motion upon the rights of a member. 

INCIDENTAL QUESTIONS. 
Incidental questions, or such as grow out of the original proposi- 
tion before the assembly, as, questions of order, motions for read- 
ing of papers, and leave to withdraw a motion, and suspension of 
a rule, and an amendment of an amendment, must be decided 
before the question that gave rise to them. 

SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS. 
It is a general rule that subsidiary motions, such as to lay on the 
table, for the previous question, for postponement, for commit- 
ment, or amendment, cannot be applied to each other. 



RULES OF ORDER. 117 

The exceptions to this rule are, that motions to postpone, to 
commit, or to amend a principal question may be amended; but 
subsidiary motions can never be applied to dispose of or suppress 
each other. 

ORDER OF PROCEEDING. 

When the proceedings of an assembly are likely to last a con- 
siderable time, and the matters before it are somewhat numerous, 
an order of business should be determined. When no such order 
exists, and several subjects are before the assembly for their con- 
sideration, and the assembly take no motion as to what subject to 
take up first, the presiding officer is not bound to any order, but 
may use his own discretion. 

In considering a proposition consisting of several paragraphs, 
after the paper has once been read by the clerk, the presiding officer 
should read it through in paragraphs, pausing upon each, for 
opportunity to amend, and when the whole paper has been gone 
through with in this manner, the final question on adopting or 
agreeing to the whole paper as amended or un-amended, should 
be put. 

When a paper referred to a committee has been reported back 
to the assembly, the amendments only are first read in course, by 
the clerk. The presiding officer then puts the question on the 
several amendments in their order; afterwards miscellaneous 
amendments may be proposed by the assembly, and when these 
are gone through, the question is put on agreeing to, or adopting 
the paper as the resolution, or order, of the assembly. 

ORDER IN DEBATE. 

The presiding officer is not expected to take part in debate, but 
may state matters of fact within his knowledge, affecting the 
subject under discussion; inform the assembly on points of order, 
when necessary; and address the assembly upon any appeal from 
his decision on any question of order. 

A member rising to speak in the assembly, shall address the 
presiding officer and not proceed till his name is called by that officer. 



118 RULES OF ORDER. 

When several rise together, the chair shall decide who shall 
speak first. It is usual to give a preference to the mover of a resolu- 
tion, or after an adjournment to the mover of the adjournment, 
or when two rise together to give the preference to the opponent 
of the measure. 

When a member gives way to another to speak, he really resigns 
the floor, and can retain it only by the common consent, or vote of 
the assembly. 

The presiding officer may have preference to other members on 
subjects upon which it is proper for him to speak, but may not 
interrupt a member, unless out of order, to speak himself. 

Members must confine themselves in speaking, to the subject 
under discussion. 

When called to order, for irrelevancy, the speaker may proceed, 
unless a motion prevail that he is out of order. 

No member should speak more than once upon the same question 
unless permitted by the assembly, while others, who have not 
spoken, wash to speak, unless it be to explain; but he may not 
interrupt a speaker to explain. 

To shorten debate, resort may be had to the previous question 
(this liberty is very liable to abuse and should generally be dis- 
countenanced), or a special order may be determined in reference 
to a particular subject, requiring all debate upon it to cease at a 
specified time, or the time allowed to each speaker may be limited. 

Respectful attention should be paid to every speaker. 

If a member use language offensive or insulting to another, he 
may be stopped by one or more rising for the purpose, or by the 
Moderator, and the words objected to, stated or written down 
on the minutes of the clerk, that the offender may disclaim, or 
apologize for the offense, or receive the censure of the assembly. 

TAKING THE QUESTION. 
A proposition made to a deliberative assembly, is called amotion; 
when propounded to the assembly for their reception or rejection, 
it is denominated a question; when adopted, it becomes the order, 
resolution, or vote of the assembly. 



RULES OF ORDER. 119 

The proposition is propounded in this form: ^'As many as are 
of opinion that, etc./' first in the affirmative, and then in the nega- 
tive. The expression may be given according to the order of the 
assembly by saying aye or nay, by raising the hand, or by the clerk's 
taking the ayes and nays. In the former cases, which are more 
common, the presiding officer decides the vote from the sound of 
voices or the appearance - of hands. If the decision be doubted 
the division of the house may be called for, the members voting in 
the affirmative and negative, taking different parts of the house, or 
rising as called upon and standing to be counted. If the decision 
has been declared, a member coming in cannot call for division, 
nor can any person, after other business has been taken up. 

If the members are equally divided upon a question, the presid- 
ing officer may give the casting vote, or by declining to vote leave 
the proposition negatived. 

Every person is bound, unless excused, to vote on all questions. 

A person not present when the question is taken cannot give his 
vote. 

Before the negative has been taken, a member may rise and 
speak or propose amendments, and thus renew^ the debate. But 
in modes of taking the question when the vote begins on both sides 
at once, the debate cannot be renewed, and an attempt to speak 
is out of order. 

If a question arise upon a point of order, for example, as to the 
right or duty of a member to vote while the division is taking place, 
the chair must decide pre-empt orily, subject to the correction of 
the assembly after the division is over. 

RECONSIDERATION. 

It is a fundamental principle in parliamentary proceedings, that 
a question once decided cannot again be brought up. This principle 
is adhered to in all its strictness, in the British parliament, but in 
this country, while the principle is recognized, provision is made 
against the great inconvenience that might sometimes attend it 
by the motion for reconsideration. 



120 RULES OF ORDER. 

This motion is allowed only when moved by one voting in the 
majority, and when there are as many present as when the resolution 
passed. 

The passage of the resolution for reconsideration places the 
question precisely where it was before the decision, and leaves it 
open for discussion, amendments adoption, or rejection. 

COMMITTEES. 

It is conunon in deliberative assemblies, to have matters prepared 
to be acted upon by a committee selected for that particular pur- 
pose, called a select committee, or by a committee appointed before- 
hand, to have charge of all matters of a similar nature. 

They may receive instructions when the business is given in 
charge, or at any stage of its progress, or be allowed discretionary 
power. 

Committees may be appointed by the chairman in pursuance 
of a standing rule or vote of the assembly, or by nomination and 
vote of the members. 

The first named on a committee, is by courtesy, generally regarded 
as chairman; but the committee are at liberty to appoint their own 
chairman, and proceed in their business, in the order and under the 
rules of an assembly, being one in miniature. 

When their report is made, a motion is made by some member 
to receive the report then, or at some fixed time. At the time 
appointed, the chairman of the committee reads the report, and 
it is then passed to the clerk and read by him, and then Hes 
on the table awaiting the convenience of the assembly to take it up 
for consideration. The formality of receiving a report is often 
dispensed with. The reception of a report, by consent or vote, 
discharges the (unless a standing) committee. 

The doings of a committee, when adopted, or agreed to, in the 
final question upon a report, becomes the action of the assembly. 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 
When a question has been ordered to be referred to a committee 
of the whole, at the time appointed, the presiding officer, upon a 



RULES OF ORDER. 121 

motion made, puts the question that the assembly do now resolve 
itself into a conunittee of the whole naming the business to be 
taken up in that capacity. If the motion pass, the presiding officer 
names a chairman, and takes his place among the members. Thus 
organized, the committee is under the same laws that govern 
assemblies, with the following exceptions: 

The chairman has the same privilege to speak that other members 
have. 

Members are not restricted as to the time of speaking. 

The previous question is not admissible. 

No sub-comimittees can be appointed from itself. 

They cannot adjourn like other committees to some other time 
or place; but when they rise, if their business is unfinished, can ask 
permission of the assembly to sit again. 

When their business is finished, some one moves that the com- 
mittee rise, and the chairman, or some other person, report to the 
assembly. Whereupon the presiding officer of the assembly takes 
his seat, and the business of the assembly is resumed. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Preface 

Abel's Offering . 

Offering of Isaac 

The Paschal Lamb 

Christ the Smitten Rock 

The Brazen Serpent . 

Day of Atonement 

Christ in Isaiah 53 

Soul Travail and its Reward 

The Fountain Opened by the Smitten Shepherd 

The Supper Instituted .... 

They Crucified Him . . . . 

A Slumbering Church, Beside a Suffering Saviour 

He Who Would Save Others Cannot Save Himself 

The Suffering Christ and the Coming Glory 

The Lamb of God 

The Fathomless Love of God 

Jesus Lifted Up . 

It Is Finished 

The Ordinance "Till He Come' 

Crucified with Christ . 

The Pre-eminent Christ 

Resurrection Life 

Looking unto Jesus 

Redeemed by the Blood 



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The Province of the Preacher .... 


69 


Benedictions for the Pulpit .... 


72 


Benedictions at the Grave .... 


72 


Formulas for Baptism ..... 


73 


Marriage 




Form of the Episcopal Church .... 


74 


Form of the Methodist Episcopal Church 


77 


Condensed form using the ring .... 


80 


Short form without the ring .... 


81 


Funeral Service of an Infant .... 


83 


" " " A Youth . . 


87 


'' '^ " A Young Man 


91 


'' ' '' ''A Christian 


95 


" " " Maturity .... 


99 


'' " '' Old Age .... 


103 


Ecclesiastical Formulas ..... 


107 


Rules of Order Governing Assemblies 


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